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  • Indian kard dagger

    An Indian kard dagger

    With a good quality wootz blade.

    Sold
  • Vijayanagara hooded katar

    Vijayanagara hooded katar

    With a shield that reminds of Deccan cuirasses.

    Sold
  • Indian toradar logo

    An Indian matchlock musket

    A very fine, long and slender example with elaborate golden damascening.

    Sold
  • A Sinhalese kasthāné logo

    A Sinhalese kasthāné

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

    Sold
  •  An unusual pihiya (piha kaetta) logo

    An unusual pihiya (piha kaetta)

    Probably from the late Kandyan period.

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  • Indian toradar

    A fine Indian toradar with inlaid stock

    General introduction A number of downsized Indian toradar with such lavish inl

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  • Lehria talwar

    A talwar with "lehria" chevron blade

    With chevron patterned blade of alternating types of steel.

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  • Bikaner axe

    Bikaner war axe

    Introduction This type of axe was part of the standard equipment of the

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  • Revolving matchlock musket logo

    Indian revolving musket

    The main disadvantage of early firearms was the long time it took to reload them.

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  • Kayamkulam sword Malabar coast

    Kayamkulam sword

    Of the Malabar coast, South India.

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  • Chiseled iron bichwa

    Chiseled iron bichuwa

    The handle covered with gold damascening.

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  • South Indian spearhead

    A south Indian spearhead

    A large example of a type called sang.

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  • 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
  • Bikaner elephant katar

    Bikaner elephant katar

    Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory

    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.

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  • A fine Deccan chilanum

    A fine Deccan chilanum

    An exceptional example with a graceful hilt with a strong presence.

    Gallery
  • Vishnu katar

    Ten avatars of Vishnu katar

    Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, took many mortal shapes, or "avatar"

    Gallery
  • Khanda logo

    Large all-steel khanda

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

    Sold
  • Fine Indian sword

    A fine Indian sword

    This one is for the connoisseur of blades.

    Sold
  • Khanda logo

    An exceptional khanda

    With wootz blade and wootz Hindu basket hilt

    Sold
  • Bichuwa dagger logo

    A fine bichuwa with gold decor

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

    Sold
  • 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.

    Sold
  • Vijayanagara hooded katar

    A hooded Vijayanagara katar

    A classic example of the 16th century.

    Gallery
  • South Indian Bikaner katar logo

    South Indian katar with Bikaner marks

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

    €650,-
  • Bundi katar

    All-steel Bundi katar

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

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  • Bikaner katar

    Deccan katar with Bikaner marks

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

    Sold
  • Bundi katar ex Figiel

    Golden Bundi style katar

    From the collection of Dr. Leo Figiel.

    Sold
  • Indian karud dagger

    A large Indian karud dagger

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

    Sold
  • A fine silver hilted kasthané logo

    A fine silver hilted kasthāné

    Of the Royal Workshops of the Kingdom of Khandy.

    Sold
  • Fine toradar with stippled barrel logo

    Fine toradar with stippled barrel

    With markings attributing it to Jalore.

    Sold
  • Indian javelin

    Indian javelin head

    With leaf-shaped blade with strong ribbed feature on either side.

    Sold
  • Canton style sword guard

    Fine Canton-style export sword guard

    Introduction Many Asian export sword guards, and later Japanese guards inspired by them

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  • South Indian ankus logo

    South Indian pierced iron ankus

    Its decoration consists of fantastic designs of various animals, mythical and existing.

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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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  • Indian khanjarli logo

    A large and very good khanjarli

    With lunette pommel of ivory plates.

    Sold
  • Tanjore spearhead

    Tanjore spearhead

    Description A south Indian spearhead with a thick double-edged, symmetrical leaf-shaped

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  • Bundi style katar

    A gilt katar with spiraled hilt

    In a style associated with Maharao Raja Ram Singh.

    Sold
  • Chiseled khanda hilt

    Chiseled iron Hindu basket hilt

    With blackened iron panels with decorative borders carved in relief.

    Sold
  • Sinhalese spear logo

    A Sinhalese spear

    A nice example of a rare type of weapon from the Sinhalese arsenal.

    Sold
  • 17th century katar with curved blade logo

    South Indian katar with curved blade

    A very crisp and complete example of its type.

    Sold
  • Indian dhal shield by Bhagvan Khoosal

    Indian signed dhal from Gujarat

    An interesting Indian dhal, a small shield that was signed by its maker from Gujarat.

    Sold
  • 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.

    Sold
  • A small dagger from the Bikaner armory

    A Bikaner armory dagger

    A rare, early south Indian dagger with Bikaner armory markings

    Sold
  • 12 Indian arrows

    12 North Indian arrows

    With katar-tipped heads and dark brown shafts.

    Sold
  • Chilanum dagger

    Chilanum dagger

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

    €2300,-
  • Asian export sword guard

    Sinhalese export sword guard

    A large circular Asian export sword guard with elaborate decor carved in relief on both sides.

    Gallery
  • North indian katar

    Heavy Rajput katar

    A heavy Indian katar with substantial armor piercing blade.

    Sold
  • A silver pihiya

    Silver Sinhalese ul-pihiya

    A fine Kandyan knife, or ul-pihiya, probably mid 18th century.

    Sold
  • Kasthane logo

    Sinhalese kasthāné dated 1776

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

    Sold
  • Large piha-kaetta logo

    A large pihiya kättha

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

    Sold
  • Ul pihiya logo

    Sinhalese knife and stylus

    Fitting in a single scabbard. Modest for Sinhalese work.

    Sold

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