Tibetan dpa'dam with belt hook
A large Tibetan sword, known in the local language as dpa'dam.
Gankyil
Tibetan name for a Buddhist symbol consisting of three or four elements in a circle.
Sword hilted khukurī
A rarer variety with a hilt that takes inspiration from the kora and talwar.
Tibetan cavalry dpa'dam
With massive blade and silk brocade decorated scabbard.
Mongol conquest period quiver
Carbon dated to 1175-1275 A.D. with 95,4% certainty, the height of the Mongol conquest period.
Tibetan bowcase and quiver
Of the 19th century. Ex Stephen Selby collection.
Tibetan oracle crown skull
A flaming skull that was once part of the crown of a Tibetan oracle.
Studded Eastern Tibetan dagger
Of Kham area regional style, with a grip studded with turquoises and corals.
Bhutanese shortsword
From the P. Holstein collection, published in 1931.
Tibetan bowcase & quiver
A matched set of lacquered leather, finely decorated with gradient colors and black and gold detailing.
Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao
A simple piece, but with a nicely etched blade typical for the Tibetan / Sichuan borderlands.
Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts
With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.
Bhutanese "churi chenm" sword
This style was worn by nobles and senior officials.
Jīnchuān shortsword
Jinchuan aborigines sword, the Qianlong emperor's name for this type of sword.
Double-edged Bhutanese dagger
With triple grooves and in heavy silver mountings.
Fine Tibetan gem studded dagger
A very rare type of dagger that originates from the borderlands of Eastern Tibet and Sichuan.
Three Tibetan armor mirrors
Of domed shape with upturned rim and indigo cotton lining.
Hanshee khukurī (हँसिया खुकुरी)
A commonly used name for an early type of long slender khukurī.
A hanshee khukurī
A rare and sought-after type. This one comes in its original silver mounted scabbard.
A fine 19th century khukurī
With iron, silver overlaid hilt. Its associated scabbard features fine quillwork.
Tibetan mail shirt, helmet and mirrors
Collected by American anthropologist Melvyn Goldstein in the 1980s.
A fine budhune khukurī
A fat-bellied variety of the Nepalese khukurī with mirror polished blade and iron handle with fine silver overlay.
Gold mounted presentation khukurī
Thought to have been presented by the Royal House of Nepal.
Pierced iron saddle
Executed in the Tibetan style, exhibiting dragons in foliage chasing flaming jewels.
Khukurī in wooden scabbard
The scabbard carved as to closely mimic a tooled leather scabbard.
A trousse khukurī
Its scabbard with 12 pockets, with 10 of the items remaining.
Large khukurī with inlaid hilt
Late 19th century with a good, well-made blade.
An early sirupātē khukurī
With a heavy blade of elegant slender form. Complete with tools.
19th century military khukurī
A workhorse with a stamped mark at the base of the blade.
Half bone hilted khukurī
With wide blade and a two-tone hilt in cattle bone and wood, capped with brass.
A good old khukurī
Of late 19th century make, with a very good blade.
Ramree veteran khukurī
Signed: Ricky Milnes, India 44, Burma 44, Ramree 45.
Kothimora khukurī (कोथि मुहुड़ा खुकुरि)
Nepali for a khukurī with an ornamental scabbard.
The khukri of Peter L. Achard
Also known as kothimora khukuri, in a scabbard with repousse silver mounts.
A humble service khukurī
A 19th-century piece with a simple blade but nicely carved hilt.
An eccentric khukurī
With engraved spine and unusual all brass pommel.
Astamangala
Tibetan for the Eight Buddhist Treasures
Phaulād (फौलाद्)
Nepali word for wootz, a type of prized crucible steel.
Ispāt (इस्पात्)
Nepali word for steel.
Bhālu kāṭh (भालु काठ)
Nepali word for Chinese Magnolia, the wood used for khukurī handles.
Paṭpaṭe (पट्पटे)
Nepali word for the Chinese magnolia wood used to make khukurī handles.
Sã̄gle buṭṭā (साँगले बुट्टा)
Nepali word that means "ornamentation in chains".
Mākhe buṭṭā (माखे बुट्टा)
Nepali word for a kind of ornamentation consisting of lines of small dots.
Haikale buṭṭā (हैकले बुट्टा)
Nepali word for a kind of ornamentation on a khukri handle, like a succession of hooks
Jire buṭṭā (जिरे बुट्टा)
Nepali word for fluted ornamentation, "like cumin seed".
Belahari (बेलहरि)
Nepali word for scrollwork embroidery.
Belahari buṭṭā (बेलहरि बुट्टा)
Nepali word for scrollwork embroidery on a khukuri scabbard.
Bel-buṭṭā (बेल्-बुट्टा)
Nepali word for scrollwork embroidery on a khukuri scabbard.
Buṭṭā (बुट्टा)
Nepali word for embroidery; braid; filigree work.