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  • A Sinhalese kasthāné logo

    A Sinhalese kasthāné

    An impressively large kasthāné, dating from the 18th century.

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  • Lehria talwar

    A talwar with "lehria" chevron blade

    With chevron patterned blade of alternating types of steel.

    Sold
  • Kayamkulam sword Malabar coast

    Kayamkulam sword

    Of the Malabar coast, South India.

    Sold
  • Talwar hilt logo

    Heavy wootz hilted talwar

    Introduction The talwar or talvār (Hindi) is

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  • Pierced khanda

    A fine khanda with pierced hilt

    Presented here is a beautiful khanda with an exceptionally fine pierced hilt.

    Gallery
  • Khanda logo

    Large all-steel khanda

    Introduction The khanda represents one of the oldest forms of Indian sword

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  • Fine Indian sword

    A fine Indian sword

    This one is for the connoisseur of blades.

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  • Khanda logo

    An exceptional khanda

    With wootz blade and wootz Hindu basket hilt

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  • Talwar with southern style hilt logo

    Talwar with southern style hilt

    With a curved hollow ground blade with a narrow dorsal groove and false backedge.

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  • A fine silver hilted kasthané logo

    A fine silver hilted kasthāné

    Of the Royal Workshops of the Kingdom of Khandy.

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  • A kutch style pata logo

    Indian Pata with Kutch style decor

    A serious weapon with a very good blade and heavy plating.

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  • Chiseled khanda hilt

    Chiseled iron Hindu basket hilt

    With blackened iron panels with decorative borders carved in relief.

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  • Sosun pattah with golden damascened hilt logo

    North Indian sosun pattah

    A very good example of a sosun pattah, or "lily leaf", of elegant form.

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  • Kasthane logo

    Sinhalese kasthāné dated 1776

    A very fine specimen with VOC blade and ruby-set scabbard.

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  • Vijayanagara pata

    Vijayanagara "pata"

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

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  • Fine Indian tegha logo

    Indian teghá with fine hilt

    With wide, pattern-welded blade.

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  • Mamluk style sword in talwar hilt

    Mamluk style sword in talwar hilt

    Chiseled with a rare type of decor on the base, and with two Islamic inscriptions.

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  • Talwar with true inlay hilt

    Large wootz talwar

    The hilt inlaid with silver, once blued for added contrast.

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  • Large Mughal saber logo

    Large Mughal saber

    With Persian inspired blade in Hindu basket hilt, both of fine wootz.

    Gallery
  • Bheema Nayak saber logo

    Saber of Bhima Nayak

    A south Indian saber carrying the name "Sri Bhima Nayak".

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  • Early Indian sword

    Early Indian fighting sword

    With a recurved blade and elaborate bronze hilt decorated with chakras.

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  • Early Indian khanda logo

    Early Indian khanda

    An early version of this iconic Indian weapon, with its characteristic swollen tip.

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  • A large Bhutanese patag logo

    Bhutanese sword in tribal scabbard

    With early pierced iron pommel and a style of scabbard worn in Arunachal Pradesh.

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  • Ratlam talwar

    Fine dated talwar from Ratlam

    With Mamluk style blade decor and inscriptions on both blade and hilt.

    Gallery
  • Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné

    Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné

    With parcel gilding and ruby eyes, in a fine silver repousse scabbard.

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  • Wootz shamshir lahore hilt

    Lahore talwar hilted shamshir

    Persian wootz shamshir in a talwar hilt from Lahore.

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  • Wootz shamshir with talwar hilt logo

    Talwar hilted shamshir

    With a very fine Persian blade of "brilliant black" wootz.

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  • Solingen pata logo

    Indian pata with Solingen blade

    With a blade of 17th-century European manufacture, with trader's name on it.

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  • Chiseled kirach from Lahore

    A kirach with hunting scenes

    Its blade pattern-welded and chiseled with designs of hunters and animals.

    Sold
  • Talwar with Mamluk style blade decor

    Talwar with Mamluk style blade

    In Punjabi style hilt, with elaborately chiseled blade.

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  • Fine wootz talwar

    Wootz talwar with pierced scabbard

    With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.

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  • Burmese hilted wakizashi in Indian scabbard logo

    Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

    An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.

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  • North Indian zulfiqar sword logo

    Unusual Indian zulfiqar sword

    With bifurcated S-shaped blade in talwar hilt.

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  • Tiger stripe talwar

    Talwar with wootz hilt and blade

    With Persian style blade, showing Indian workmanship.

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  • Indian khanda with etched blade

    Khanda with etched blade

    A 19th-century type with an etched blade, simulating patterned steel.

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  • Boy's brass hilted pata

    Boy's brass hilted patá

    With a charming brass zoomorphic gauntlet with feline head.

    Sold
  • 16th century pattisa logo

    South Indian pattisa

    An early example, late Vijayanagara empire, with a fine wootz spatulate blade.

    Sold
  • Nayar sword logo

    Nayar ritual sword

    An unusually ornate iteration of the design, intended for Hindu ceremonies.

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  • Marwar talwar presented to Mohta Bakhtawar Singh logo

    Talwar of Mohta Bakhtawar Singh

    A fine Marwari talwar presented to the Dewan (chief minister) of Bikaner in 1756 A.D.

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  • Kutch pattern welded Shamshir made for Benson

    Kutch shamshir for Benson

    Blade of Persian shamshir form, but of Indian make. Mounts in Kutch style gilt copper.

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  • Sosun pattah

    Sosun Pattah

    With Persian wootz blade, engraved at forte with floral designs.

    Sold
  • Rajput sosun pattah

    Rajput sosun pattah

    With wootz blade, Marwari style hilt, and its original red velvet scabbard.

    Sold
  • Pata with Solingen blade

    Solingen blade with pata hilt

    Indian gauntlet sword with German blade made in Solingen.

    Sold
  • Goat hilted Khyber sword logo

    Goat hilted Khyber sword

    With gold plated hilt and pattern welded blade.

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  • Khasi dao

    A Khasi dao

    These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.

    €3200,-
  • Milam sword of the Garo people of Assam

    A milam of the Garo

    This peculiar sword was used by the Garo people of Assam for fighting, clearing the jungle, and animal sacrifices.

    €1800,-
  • Malabar coast Moplah sword logo

    Malabar coast Moplah sword

    A fine and somewhat unusual specimen, with engraved brass mounts and hardwood grip.

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  • 17th century pattisa logo

    Fine 17th century pattissa

    The enormous blade made of fine, boldly contrasting wootz steel.

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  • North Indian kirach with Persian wootz export blade

    Interesting kirach with dated hilt

    Mentioning the son of a Maharajah and a year corresponding to 1887 A.D.

    €6000,-
  • Deccan firanghi

    Deccan firanghi with silver overlay

    The basket hilt is elaborately overlaid with silver in floral designs.

    Price on request
  • Indian talwar with 1693 dated blade logo

    Talwar with 1693 dated blade

    With later, elaborately chiseled hilt of very fine quality.

    Sold
  • Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

    Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

    The hilt with overlay of the finest quality of the period

    Sold

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