Good Vietnamese dagger
An unusually ornate version of what is normally a very simple weapon.
Vietnamese knife
A simple early 20th-century fighting dagger with ribbed grip.
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.
A Vietnamese matchlock musket
Called sung hoả mai in Vietnamese, they are based on the Indo-Portuguese system. This example has a baitong lock.
Heavy Sino-Vietnamese dagger
With a very thick and heavy blade and nicely worked brass mounts.
Ceremonial yem nguyệt đao
Modeled after the Chinese "guan dao", made of lacquered wood.
Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife
A Chinese style fighting knife probably made in Yunnan or Vietnam.
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.
Ceremonial gươm truòng
Of an all-wooden construction, simulating a sheathed long saber.
Matched Vietnamese kiếm pair
With carved stone handles and superb workmanship in silver and mother-of-pearl.
Vietnamese double swords
A rare combination of full-length double Vietnamese swords with live blades.
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.
Asian export disc guard
The design, overlaid in silver, gold, and copper, over a crosshatched background shows dragon amongst clouds.
Asian Export sword guard
A large imported "Canton" sword guard with paired dragons chasing a jewel.
Vietnamese ceremonial saber
A magnificent example of a Vietnamese ceremonial saber, or guőm.
Vietnamese rattan shield
Called khiên in Vietnamese.
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.
Vietnamese musket with silver lock
Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.
Horn hilted Vietnamese officer's saber
An unusual Vietnamese officer saber of the 19th century, with an all-horn hilt.
Ancient Cham sword
In excavated condition. Probably 14th or 15th 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 overlays
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,