Vietnamese officer gươm
With staghorn grip finely carved with plum blossoms.Dha hmyaung
Alternative spelling of da̱hmjaun, the Burmese word for their dagger.Very fine ceremonial gươm
An outstanding example with very fine silver and moth-of-pearl work.Fine Burmese dha hmyaung
With intricately carved ivory hilt depicting a demon on a horse.Vietnamese officer's gươm
Of a late 19th century type with a silver-backed hardwood grip.Gươm (鎌)
The Vietnamese saber.Gươm truòng (鎌長)
The Vietnamese two-handed saber.Ceremonial gươm truòng
Of an all-wooden construction, simulating a sheathed long saber.Burmese double knives
A rare set of twin knives in a single scabbard.The Rundle dha of 1898
A signed and dated Burmese dha.Ivory hilted dha
An earlier example with an iconographic hilt.Burmese sword carbine
A rare Burmese weapon combining a percussion carbine with a short sword.Matched Vietnamese kiếm pair
With carved stone handles and superb workmanship in silver and mother-of-pearl.Song kiếm (雙劍)
The Vietnamese double sword.Kiếm (劍)
The double-edged straightsword of Vietnam.Khiên (盾)
The Vietnamese word for a circular shield of rattan, much like the téngpái (藤牌) of China.Chinese Shan presentation dha
Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.A Shan Kachin style dha
A large Kachin style square-ended dha in Shan style mountings.Vietnamese double swords
A rare combination of full-length double Vietnamese swords with live blades.Dha / da (ဓား)
Burmese word for sword, knife or chopper.A heavy Burmese dha
With a very good, substantial blade with differential heat treatment.Large Vietnamese trường đao
Of very good quality for this type of weapon.Vietnamese straightsword
It has a narrow but sturdy blade with a springy temper.A large Vietnamese falchion
Description
A rather unusual Vietnamese falchion, by lack of a better name for the type.
Antique Vietnamese swords
A reference list of antique Vietnamese swords and sabers I've had over time.
Asian export disc guard
The design, overlaid in silver, gold, and copper, over a crosshatched background shows dragon amongst clouds.Asian Export sword guard
Private collection. Not for sale.
Vietnamese ceremonial saber
A magnificent example of a Vietnamese ceremonial saber, or guőm.
A spectacular Burmese dha
With overlays of vegetal motifs alternated with animals, actual and mythical.Vietnamese rattan shield
Called khiên in Vietnamese.
A Vietnamese straightsword kiem
With a substantial, quality blade.Nanban tsuba & Asian export sword guards
For long, "nanban tsuba" literally "Southern barbarian sword-guards" have been a catch-all classification for sword guards for Japanese swords (tsuba), that show foreign influence.A Vietnamese kiem
A very good Vietnamese ceremonial kiem of the Nguyen dynasty.A Burmese dha with openwork handle
Made of a single piece of ivory, with a kneeling figure in its base.An ivory hilted kiem
The grip made of a single piece, worked in high relief.Vietnamese musket with silver lock
Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.Vietnamese matchlock
A nice example with fossil elephant or mastodon molar butt plates.Horn hilted Vietnamese officer's saber
An unusual Vietnamese officer saber of the 19th century, with an all-horn hilt.Old Cham sword
In excavated condition. Probably 15th-17th century.16th century Vietnamese saber
Showing the strong Japanese influence on Vietnamese sword making of the time.Exceptional Vietnamese saber
With mountings of meticulously worked copper with silver overlaysAll-metal ceremonial guom
With captured French blade, ground down to fit.Antique Vietnamese arms
Vietnam produced some of the finest mother-of-pearl inlays, seen on for example on the scabbards of ceremonial swords and sabers.A signed Vietnamese fighting saber
Presented in this article is a somewhat rare example of a purely practical Vietnamese fighting saber,