Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye
Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.
Vietnamese crook handled cane
With a finely crafted silver handle with dragons and squirrels, mounted on a malacca cane.
A Vietnamese Christian cross
Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.
Ceremonial yem nguyệt đao
Modeled after the Chinese "guan dao", made of lacquered wood.
Thanh gươm (劍)
Vietnamese for a ceremonial saber.
Vietnamese officer gươm
With staghorn grip finely carved with plum blossoms.
Very fine ceremonial gươm
An outstanding example with very fine silver and moth-of-pearl work.
Vietnamese officer's gươm
Of a late 19th century type with a silver-backed hardwood grip.
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.
Vietnamese straightsword
It has a narrow but sturdy blade with a springy temper.
A Vietnamese straightsword kiem
With a substantial, quality blade.
A Vietnamese kiem
A very good Vietnamese ceremonial kiem of the Nguyen dynasty.
An ivory hilted kiem
The grip made of a single piece, worked in high relief.
All-metal ceremonial guom
With captured French blade, ground down to fit.
A signed Vietnamese fighting saber
Presented in this article is a somewhat rare example of a purely practical Vietnamese fighting saber,