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  • Sinhalese dagger logo

    Sinhalese kirichchiya

    With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.

    €300,-
  • Simple Sinhalese pihiya

    A Sinhalese knife

    Rarely seen today, a commoner's example with carved, bone hilt.

    €300,-
  • Child's katar

    Boy's katar

    A miniature piece meant for use by a small boy.

    Sold
  • Ramree Veteran khukurī logo

    Ramree veteran khukurī

    Signed: Ricky Milnes, India 44, Burma 44, Ramree 45.

    €400,-
  • kirichchiya logo

    A Sinhalese kirichchiya

    A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.

    Sold
  • Vijayanagara hooded katar logo

    Simple hooded katar

    Of a type that is strongly associated with the Vijayanagara empire.

    Sold
  • Early chilanum hilt logo

    Early chilanum hilt

    An old bronze hilt in the shape of chilanum hilts.

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  • Indian ganga-jamni kard logo

    Ganga Jamni decorated kard

    Ganga - Jamni refers to the rivers of the Ganges and Jamna. It was used to describe metalwork done in contrasting…

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  • Indian karud dagger

    A large Indian karud dagger

    Unusually large and with all-metal handle that opens with a screw.

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  • Signed Kothimora khukuri logo

    The khukri of Peter L. Achard

    Also known as kothimora khukuri, in a scabbard with repousse silver mounts.

    Sold
  • Ul pihiya logo

    Sinhalese knife and stylus

    Fitting in a single scabbard. Modest for Sinhalese work.

    Sold
  • South Indian Bikaner katar logo

    South Indian katar with Bikaner marks

    An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.

    Sold
  • Northern katar with southern design logo

    A northern katar in southern style

    Exhibiting southern style beaded edges with northern style construction and gold.

    Sold
  • Indian kard dagger

    An Indian kard dagger

    With a good quality wootz blade.

    Sold
  • A small dagger from the Bikaner armory

    A Bikaner armory dagger

    A rare, early south Indian dagger with Bikaner armory markings

    Sold
  • Garsoee katar

    Garsoee katar

    An enigmatic type of katar produced in various places in India.

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  • Bundi katar

    All-steel Bundi katar

    The blade features a sunken panel with very finely chiseled "tree of life" motiff of small leaves.

    Sold
  •  An unusual pihiya (piha kaetta) logo

    An unusual pihiya (piha kaetta)

    Probably from the late Kandyan period.

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  • Stone hilted pesh-kabz logo

    Stone-hilted pesh-kabz

    A very large example with a strongly reinforced tip and stone handle scales.

    Sold
  • Southern katar

    Southern katar with thick point

    The blade with an extremely thick point on a very thin blade.

    Sold
  • Rajasthani boy's katar

    Golden damascened boy's katar

    A rare example with pattern welded blade, retaining its original scabbard.

    Sold
  • Indian steel dagger

    All steel / wootz dagger

    The slender blade is made of flawless wootz steel in boldly contrasting shades of silver and dark grey.

    Sold
  • 17th century chiseled iron katar logo

    South Indian chiseled iron katar

    A nice honest example of an early south Indian katar with great sculptural qualities.

    Sold
  • Khanjarli logo

    A South Indian khanjarli

    A fine, early example with silver-plated details.

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  • Deccan curved katar logo

    A curved Deccan katar

    With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.

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  • Sinhalese pihiya logo

    An early "piha-kaetta"

    Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.

    €1500,-
  • North indian katar

    Heavy Rajput katar

    A heavy Indian katar with substantial armor piercing blade.

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  • Kutch Jambiya logo

    A gilt Indian jambiya

    With gilt-copper hilt and scabbard done in beautiful Kutch style repousse work.

    €1500,-
  • Sinhalese piha-kaetta logo

    A fine, heavy piha kaetta

    Of the chopper variety, with a finely carved ivory hilt.

    €1650,-
  • South Indian katar with yali logo

    Southern katar with yali langets

    Of a style often associated with Tanjore, the seat of the Vijayanagara empire.

    €1650,-
  • early Bundi style katar logo

    Katar with complex ribbed blade

    A substantial example, of elegant form, with a complex grooved blade.

    Sold
  • Northern wootz katar logo

    Northern wootz katar

    With different types of decor on either side of the hilt.

    Sold
  • Double bladed katar

    Double bladed katar

    Also called jamdhar doulicaneh. Forged from a single piece of steel, complete with scabbard.

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  • Sinhalese pihiya logo

    Sinhalese pihiya

    A beautiful black coral hilted example, made in the King's workshops.

    €1800,-
  • Vijayanagara pata

    Vijayanagara "pata"

    A very early example of the type, with locally made rapier style blade.

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  • Vijayanagara hooded katar logo

    Vijayanagara katar

    A 16th hooded katar with the wide, ribbed blade that is characteristic for this period.

    Sold
  • Indian khanjarli logo

    A large and very good khanjarli

    With lunette pommel of ivory plates.

    Sold
  • Bikaner katar

    Deccan katar with Bikaner marks

    With a hilt that is of typical southern form, with a cupped base and langets.

    Sold
  • Sinhalese coral hilted knife

    Sinhalese coral hilted knife

    Also known as piha-kaetta, this is more correctly a pihiya.

    Sold
  • Gilt copper hilted kard dagger logo

    Gilt-copper hilted kard

    Fine Indian kard with gilt copper alloy hilt, decorated with chiseled flowers.

    €2200,-
  • Chilanum dagger

    Chilanum dagger

    Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true inlay".

    €2300,-
  • Very good Sinhalese ul-pihiya

    A very good ul-pihiya

    A Sinhalese knife with lavish silver mounts and overlay.

    Sold
  • South-indian-silver-gilt-katar

    Large southern silver gilt katar

    Its hilt overlaid with thick silver, then fire-gilt.

    €2400,-
  • Large piha-kaetta logo

    A large pihiya kättha

    A massive example weighing just over 800 grams. With scabbard.

    Sold
  • South Indian stiletto dagger logo

    South Indian loop hilted dagger

    Introduction Indian loop hilted dagger are generally called bichuwa (बिछुवा )

    Sold
  • Bichuwa dagger logo

    A fine bichuwa with gold decor

    A north Indian bichuwa dagger with recurved blade and richly decorated hilt.

    Sold
  • Deccan chilanum logo

    A Deccan chilanum

    With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.

    Sold
  • North Indian katar with true inlay hilt

    A katar with true inlay decoration

    Late 17th century. With wootz blade and enamel chape.

    Sold
  • Sinhalese ul-pihiya

    Sinhalese ul-pihiya

    A rare example retaining its original silver covered scabbard.

    Sold
  • Fine piha-kaetta with velvet scabbard

    Fine piha kaetta with velvet scabbard

    A very fine example with beautifully chiseled silver pommel plate.

    Sold
  • 17th century katar with curved blade logo

    South Indian katar with curved blade

    A very crisp and complete example of its type.

    Sold
  • Bikaner elephant katar

    Bikaner elephant katar

    Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory

    Sold

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