Full wootz kard
...and some gold.
Parrot hilt wootz khanjar
With vintage silver mounted scabbard.
Fine Mongolian trousse
With very detailed silver mounts.
Fine Kutch horse head shamshir
The style typical of Kutch, the execution far above what is normally seen on work from that area.
Persian painted shield
Persian steel shield with fine Qajar style painted dome.
Indian Jade mounted dagger
Nice and complete with opaque green hilt and scabbard mounts.
Sawasa smallsword pommel
Upgraded with filigree to resemble a snuff bottle.
Sawasa east indian inkwell
Sawasa is metalware in black and gold made primarily for the Dutch expat community in Asia.
Fine wootz khanjar
With early blade of "brilliant black" wootz.
Agate hilted wootz khanjar
Nice Persian dagger with fine wootz blade and unusual hilt material.
Silver overlaid Tibetan shortsword
With a rare, finely forged double hairpin blade.
Pair of fine Yunnan knives
Carrying Chinese silver marks on their scabbard mounts.
Silver chevron katar
All the designs being true inlay, with almost no losses.
Indian jade hilted dagger
With wootz blade and the jade hilt set with small rubies.
Gilt-copper hilted kard
Fine Indian kard with gilt copper alloy hilt, decorated with chiseled flowers.
Pamor
Indonesian word for pattern on a steel blade. Also the name of the nickel often used for a contrasting effect.
Nioi (匂)
Japanese word for fine martensite crystals in the blade's temperline.
Nie (沸)
Japanese word for martensite crystals that form in blade under certain conditions.
Southeast Asian sword club
This enigmatic hardwood club is modeled after a sword.
Khmer dagger
A rare thousand-year-old dagger from the Khmer empire.
Fine Burmese silver sword scabbard
It represents the best of Burmese silversmithing with repousse work in high relief.
Persian wootz double spearhead
Finely crafted wootz blade, and golden inlays at the base.
Persian wootz spearhead
Made using Persian wootz. Pronounced features, chiseled socket.
Studded Eastern Tibetan dagger
Of Kham area regional style, with a grip studded with turquoises and corals.
Kutch shamshir for Benson
Blade of Persian shamshir form, but of Indian make. Mounts in Kutch style gilt copper.
South Indian pattissa
An early example, late Vijayanagara empire, with a fine wootz spatulate blade.
A fine north Indian dagger
Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.
Palembang twist-core pedang
A Palembang style sword with a fine twist-core blade and carved hardwood scabbard.
Shakudō (赤銅)
A Japanese alloy containing copper and gold.
Rooster fight kozuka
Executed in gold and silver on a shakudō nanako base, with golden back.
Suassa
A copper-alloy with high gold content that was highly prized in Southeast Asia.
Samrit (សំរិត)
Khmer word for an auspicious copper alloy.
Sawasa
A term used for colonial Asian metalwork in black and gold.
Chinese báitóng whip
A Chinese traditional hidden striking weapon, this time executed in the "white copper" alloy.
Damascening
Inlaying or overlaying of gold or silver on another metal.
A katar with true inlay decoration
Late 17th century. With wootz blade and enamel chape.
Wootz talwar with pierced scabbard
With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.
Oomersee Mawjee
Famous maker of metalwork from Bhuj, Kutch.
Gutta-percha
A natural latex made from the sap of the Palaquium gutta tree.
Talwar hilted shamshir
With a very fine Persian blade of "brilliant black" wootz.
A rare Burmese spear
A fine example with silver overlaid spearhead and silver ferrule with niello inlay.
Liùdàomù (六道木)
Chinese name for a strong and heavy wood used for staffs and arrow shafts.
Pedang lurus
Indonesian term meaning "straight sword". Often used to describe a specific silver-clad shortsword.
Wootz
Description
Wootz is the commonly used name for a type of crucible steel with an elaborate pattern
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.
Bō-koḷa
Sinhalese term for a decorative motif that resembles the leaf of a sacred fig tree.
Sinhalese lacquered cane
Description
An antique Sinhalese walking cane, made of a light and relatively flexible rattan.