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So-op mandau hilt

So-op

Dayak word for their sword hilt.
Pamor logo

Pamor

Indonesian word for pattern on a steel blade. Also the name of the nickel often used for a contrasting effect.
Maru gitae

Maru-gitae (丸鍛え)

Japanese word for a basic blade construction consisting of one type of steel.
Kanetuhu-etuhu point of knife or sword

Kanetuhu / Etuhu

Ainu words for the point of a knife or sword.
Notak logo

Notak

Ainu word for the edge of a sharp tool like a knife.
Back of knife

Mekkashike

Ainu word for the back of a knife, or sword. Also the ridge of a mountain or house.
Makiri saya

Makiri-saya

Ainu word for the scabbard of a utility knife called makiri.
Makiri nip

Makiri-nip

Ainu word for a knife handle.
Ibehe ainu

Ibehe

Ibehe is an Ainu word for a knife or sword blade.
Nioi

Nioi (匂)

Japanese word for fine martensite crystals in the blade's temperline.
Nie logo

Nie (沸)

Japanese word for martensite crystals that form in blade under certain conditions.
Koshirae logo

Koshirae (拵)

Japanese term for the mountings of an edged weapon.
Allūbung logo

Allūbung

Ifugao word for a woven rattan covering on handles and shafts.
Halung logo

Hālung

Ifugao word for a rolled up tang hilt
Gari matuwa logo

Gari matuwà

South Nias word for a specific type of sword.
Makiri blade logo

Makiri-ibe

Ainu word for knife blade.
Kusabi-hi logo.

Kusabi-hi (楔樋)

Japanese term for an irregular hamon sometimes found on spearheads
Sirohi sword logo

Sirōhī (सिरोही)

A town in Rajasthan known for its blade making industry, as well as a type of sword.
Yazi tunkou logo

Tūnkǒu (吞口)

Literally "swallowing mouth", a collar piece often found on Chinese blades.
Shakudo logo

Shakudō (赤銅)

A Japanese alloy containing copper and gold.
Sukul nganga hilt

Sukul nganga

A type of Batak sword hilt.
Glupa icon

Glupa / Gloepa

Acehnese word for a golden crown at the base of swords and daggers.
Suassa logo

Suassa

A copper-alloy with high gold content that was highly prized in Southeast Asia.
Samrit logo

Samrit (សំរិត)

Khmer word for an auspicious copper alloy.
Hindu basket hilt

Hindu basket hilt

A type of Indian closed hilt design.
Sawasa logo

Sawasa

A term used for colonial Asian metalwork in black and gold.
Damascening

Damascening

Inlaying or overlaying of gold or silver on another metal.
Oomersee logo

Oomersee Mawjee

Famous maker of metalwork from Bhuj, Kutch.
Li po tong tip style logo

Li-po-tong

Long Way Dayak word for a type of mandau tip.
Dayak lidjib mandau logo

Lidjib

Long Way Dayak word for a type of mandau tip.
Dayak mandau tip shape logo

Longna

Long Way Dayak word for a type of mandau tip.
Leng mandau tip

Monong

Long Way Dayak name for a type of mandau tip.
Leng tip logo

Leng

Long Way Dayak word for a variety of mandau.
Gutta percha

Gutta-percha

A natural latex made from the sap of the Palaquium gutta tree.
Mala logo

Mala (माला)

Hindi for the lap welds seen on swords.
Nias Telogu

Telögu

Nias word for a specific type of sword.
Liudaomu logo

Liùdàomù (六道木)

Chinese name for a strong and heavy wood used for staffs and arrow shafts.
Pedang lurus logo

Pedang lurus

Indonesian term meaning "straight sword". Often used to describe a specific silver-clad shortsword.
Wootz logo

Wootz

Description

Wootz is the commonly used name for a type of crucible steel with an elaborate pattern

Wootz

Phaulād (फौलाद्)

Nepali word for wootz, a type of prized crucible steel.
Nepalese steel

Ispāt (इस्पात्)

Nepali word for steel.
Khukuri wood handle

Bhālu kāṭh (भालु काठ)

Nepali word for Chinese Magnolia, the wood used for khukurī handles.
Khukuri hilt wood

Paṭpaṭe (पट्पटे)

Nepali word for the Chinese magnolia wood used to make khukurī handles.
Karda logo

Cakmak (चक्मक्)

Nepali word for the small fire striker often carried in the scabbard of a khukurī.
Kukri karda

Karda (कर्द)

Nepali word for the small utility knife carried in the scabbard of a khukurī.
Kukri purse logo

Khisā (खिसा)

Nepali word for the purse carried in the scabbard of a khukurī.
Bo kala logo

Bō-koḷa

Sinhalese term for a decorative motif that resembles the leaf of a sacred fig tree.
Jian guard logo

Hūshǒu (護手)

Chinese for the handguard of a weapon.
Jeyen Manchu saber tip logo

Jeyen

Manchu word for the tip of a saber.
Teišun-i giyan

Teišun-i giyan

Manchu for a brass or bronze mace.