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Balinese keris of Ferdinand Blok

The 9-luk blade of strong proportions is engraved with the face of a demon.

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Khmer dagger

A rare thousand-year-old dagger from the Khmer empire.

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A fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun

Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.

€5000,-
Balinese keris with stones in gold

Undulating bilah blade of eleven luk.

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A fine Philippine bolo

The blade inlaid with brass, complete with a horn scabbard with pierced decoration.

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Silver hilted keris coteng

A textbook example of this rare and early type of keris.

€3200,-
Bali buntel mayat keris

Bali keris with fine slanted wrapped pamor, considered to be one of the most powerful pamor.

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A very good Philippine bolo

With beautifully carved horn grip.

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Solo court keris

With raised gold overlay and gilt-enamel

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Ceremonial Moro kalis

Measuring almost a meter, with exceptional blade for a ceremonial keris.

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Bali straight keris

With fine flaming pamor blade and notched "cekah redut" hilt.

€2000,-
Vietnamese matchlock

A nice example with fossil elephant or mastodon molar butt plates.

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An Indonesian blunderbuss

Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.

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A Vietnamese matchlock musket

Called Súng hỏa mai in Vietnamese, with baitong lock.

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Fine Burmese dha hmyaung

With intricately carved ivory hilt depicting a demon on a horse.

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European sword blade keris

In the style of a Malay keris panjang.

€1750,-
Burmese sword carbine

A rare Burmese weapon combining a percussion carbine with a short sword.

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Vietnamese musket with silver lock

Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.

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North Nias si euli

A peculiar type of knife worn in the north of Nias.

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A Padri carbine

An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.

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A rare Philippine fighting knife

A rare Philippine fighting knife, probably from Luzon island. It has a very well-made blade.

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Fine Malay matchlock musket

A very fine Malay matchlock or "satingar" with Indo-Portuguese style luck.

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Broad Vietnamese knife

Broad bladed example with horn hilt and engraved blade.

€900,-
Polished Sino-Vietnamese dagger

A heavy Sin-Vietnamese fighting knife, with recently polished blade.

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Good Vietnamese dagger

An unusually ornate version of what is normally a very simple weapon.

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Sumatran keris panjang

A type of long keris often described as "execution keris".

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Rare beladau lebar dagger

A rare type of dagger from South Kalimantan, loosely based on Islamic daggers seen worn by traders.

€475,-
West-Javanese stiletto dagger

Early piece with an unusual European-style stiletto blade.

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Heavy Sino-Vietnamese dagger

With a very thick and heavy blade and nicely worked brass mounts.

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Wood hilted dahmjaun

With iron ferrule and copper and silver overlaid blade.

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Old Madura keris

With carved wooden hilt with a beautiful deep patina. Blade in old finish.

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Bird head sewar dagger

A charming little sewar dagger from the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Balinese keris

A classic example with an older blade and timaha wood scabbard.

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An Acehnese rencong

A peculiar form of dagger found on the northern part of the island of Sumatra.

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Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife

A Chinese style fighting knife probably made in Yunnan or Vietnam.

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A giant piso raout

An oversized utility knife of the headhunters of Borneo.

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Vietnamese knife

A simple early 20th-century fighting dagger with ribbed grip.

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