Question on 2 swords and a dagger. Any help would be great.

[Chako]

I found these at the local pawn shop and bought them wondering exactly what I have here. They were not expensive, but I bought them out of curiosity. If anyone here could give me some ideas on nationality or any information on these, I would be grateful. I have a strong feeling these are all Asian in origin. I have just never come across something like these.

1. Short sword with wooden hilt and scabbard.

20221221_170915A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171050A by Chako, on Flickr

The blade has this recuring pattern of slashes and stars.

20221221_171102A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171136A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171143A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171202A by Chako, on Flickr

it is an odd piece. Not sure if this is ethnical in origin, a wall hanger for decoration only, or what.

2. This longer sword is in very good shape. I am thinking Chinese but that is just a guess. There is a lot of writing on this one, and I have no clue what they say. My images might even be upside down etc...

20221221_171323A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171349A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171359A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171415A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171420A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171431A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171456A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171511A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171526A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171601A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171618A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_171629A by Chako, on Flickr

3. The design/pattern of this one is something new to me. The sheath and knife appears to be leather over wood from what I can see.

20221221_172609A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_172632A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_172649A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_172657A by Chako, on Flickr

20221221_172715A by Chako, on Flickr

Any information on these 3 would be greatly appreciated. I am thinking the middle one is Chinese in origin.

[imp_ish]

Hi. I made an account on this website just to respond to this. I have a matching shortsword of the star-engraved blade. From my research it is likely a Jian (double edged sword) from the Qing dynasty at the earliest (mostly due to the tassel hole on the scabbard), more specifically a seven-star Jian. There seems to be some cultural significance in regards to Taoism for that.
I can't remember for the life of me where I got the thing. Either my dad bought it off of Ebay or it was my grandfather's and I found it when going through his things (he was in the USAF so he had a lot of stuff the traveling he had to do).
I'm not sure how to link pictures on here (or if you can even do that in replies), otherwise I'd have a pic of the sword

[Alan K.]

The pictures on the second sword scabbard are interesting. The bird is a phoenix, the other image with a face but no body represents an angry wind such as a storm. 

[nate j]

Here’s my $0.02:

1.  Chinese

2.  Chinese

3.  African

[nate j]

P.S.  Google image search was able to translate this from sword #2.  Might be able to do the same with some of the other writing on it, but this was the only one I tried…