中国第二历史档案馆(南京)保存的一则《苗刀考证》上记载:“苗刀……两手持之,用以冲锋陷阵,远胜单刀及其它短兵。迨明戚继光将军,改铸精绝,传之于其部下,杀敌致果,斩将搴旗,赖此刀法,威镇华夏……。” China’s Second Historical Archives (Nanjing) preserved a “seedling knife textual research” on the record: “seedling knife ... ... two hand-held to charge assault, far better than single-pole and other short-handed. Precise, pass on to its subordinates, killing the enemy fruit, cut the flag, relying on the knife method, Wei Town, China ... .... ”