An Indonesian parang nabur
A saber that is peculiar to the southern part of the island of Borneo.
Early Qing saber
A rare Chinese officer's saber of the 17th century.
Vietnamese ceremonial saber
A magnificent example of a Vietnamese ceremonial saber, or guőm.
Jianruiying (1); introduction
The Jianruiying were a small elite unit of specially selected Manchu soldiers under the Qing dynasty. They were trained to overcome rough terrain, obstacles, and rivers in order to commence special attacks towards fortifications. In some ways, they are comparable to today's special forces.
Excellent Qing officer saber
Introduction
The yaodao, literally "waist saber" was the standard side-arm for the Qing dynas
A good Tibetan sword, dpa'dam
Introduction
The dpa'dam of Tibet is a long, single edged sword usually
Talwar with southern style hilt
With a curved hollow ground blade with a narrow dorsal groove and false backedge.
A Bhutanese "churi chenm" sword
Referring to the wavy patterns on the midsection of the silver scabbard.
Ming dynasty saber blade
Introduction
The Chinese saber comes in a great variety of curvatures, profiles, and with different combina
Peidao in iron fangshi mounts
Introduction
The terms peidao or yaodao are synonyms that were in use simultaneously in Q
A fine Chinese yànchìdāo
It comes with its complete set of fittings in a thick gauge of báitóng.
Chinese sword with Qianlong reign mark
Often mistaken for true Qianlong work.
Southern Chinese saber
Introduction
The yaodao, literally "waist saber" was the standard side-arm for the Qing dynas
A spectacular Burmese dha
With overlays of vegetal motifs alternated with animals, actual and mythical.
An exceptional khanda
With wootz blade and wootz Hindu basket hilt
A fine Indian sword
This one is for the connoisseur of blades.
Large all-steel khanda
Introduction
The khanda represents one of the oldest forms of Indian swords, it's pr
Zhibeidao with spectacular blade
Introduction to the type
This type of sword is referred to as zhibeidao
A good pair of butterfly swords
Introduction
The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords peculiar to
Tibetan shortsword with rare blade
With ce rong or "open ravines" pattern of zig-zag lines in the steel.
Chinese saber of the Chaoyang army
Late 18th century, complete with its original scabbard.
19th century Qing military saber
With massive 10mm thick blade with strong distal taper.
18th century Chinese saber
With fine blade, of liuyedao form with a gentle curvature.
A fine khanda with pierced hilt
Presented here is a beautiful khanda with an exceptionally fine pierced hilt.
A Vietnamese straightsword kiem
With a substantial, quality blade.
A rare shortsword from Eastern Tibet
Description
An interesting Tibetan shortsword with acute point.
Chinese shuangdao - double sabers
With narrow liuyedao blades of moderate curvature.
Pedang suduk maru
Also known as pedang lurus.
Kayamkulam sword
Of the Malabar coast, South India.
Silver mounted Sumatran saber
With inscription that reads: Raja Pagaruyung or "ruler of Pagaruyung".
Shuangjian with ivory grips
A deluxe set of double straightswords with carved ivory grips and gilt mounts.
Chinese twistcore presentation saber
An unusually large presentation saber in the style of high-end Chinese military sabers.
Chinese saber with "naginata-hi"
A Chinese waist saber or yaodao / peidao of the first half of the 18th century.
Ming militia sword
An honest, unpretentious fighting weapon of the Ming-Qing period.
Chinese saber with U-grooves
With twist-core steel and of early liuyedao form. Probably 17th century.
Chinese saber with segmented grooves
With openwork brass mounts in early imperial style.
Large Chinese Daoist sword
Chiseled in the blade is “勅今” which could either mean "imperial order" or "Daoist magic command".
A Vietnamese kiem
A very good Vietnamese ceremonial kiem of the Nguyen dynasty.
A talwar with "lehria" chevron blade
With chevron patterned blade of alternating types of steel.
Very fine Sikin Panjang
With triple tiered golden crown with enamel decor.
Antique Miaodao
Miaodao simply being a more recent name for the wodao.
A large Tibetan sword (dpa'dam)
Description
A large Tibetan sword or dpa'dam, representing its classic form.
A Burmese dha with openwork handle
Made of a single piece of ivory, with a kneeling figure in its base.
A rare and early Tibetan sword
With beautiful pierced ironwork scabbard.
An ivory hilted kiem
The grip made of a single piece, worked in high relief.
Large jian with saber guard
Built around an excellent sanmei blade.
Of geese and willows
The differences between 雁毛刀 yanmaodao (goose-quill saber) and 柳葉刀 liuyedao&n