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Vietnamese knife

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

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Montagnard short saber

Of the hill peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife

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

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Vietnamese single edged spearhead

Large, heavy single-edged example with iron mounts.

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Chin nicotine flask

A very rare flask used by Chin men of Burma for sipping nicotine water.

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Wood hilted dahmjaun

With iron ferrule and copper and silver overlaid blade.

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A signed Vietnamese fighting saber

Presented in this article is a somewhat rare example of a purely practical Vietna

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Ceremonial yem nguyệt đao

Modeled after the Chinese "guan dao", made of lacquered wood.

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Heavy Sino-Vietnamese dagger

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

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Tribal Kachin dha

A typical example with a nice forge folded blade with differential heat treatment.

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SE Asian dha (carbon 14 dated)

In excavated condition. With XRF and radiocarbon dating results.

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A heavy Burmese dha

With a very good, substantial blade with differential heat treatment.

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Burmese silver overlaid dha

On a sturdy, user-grade blade with temper line.

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Good Vietnamese dagger

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

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Ceremonial gươm truòng

Of an all-wooden construction, simulating a sheathed long saber.

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Vietnamese crook handled cane

With a finely crafted silver handle with dragons and squirrels, mounted on a malacca cane.

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Burmese dha dated 1928

A nice example that can serve as a benchmark to help date others.

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Polished Sino-Vietnamese dagger

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

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Brass mounted Thai dáap

A charming and somewhat unusual example of a Thai dáap (ดาบ).

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An excavated dha sword

With heavy blade and copper alloy hilt and lobed guard.

€700,-
Burmese double knives

A rare set of twin knives in a single scabbard.

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Ancient Cham sword

In excavated condition. Probably 15th-17th century.

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Horn hilted Vietnamese officer's saber

An unusual Vietnamese officer saber of the 19th century, with an all-horn hilt.

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16th century Vietnamese saber

Showing the strong Japanese influence on Vietnamese sword making of the time.

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Asian Export sword guard

Private collection. Not for sale.

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Tonkinese saber

Collected by Victor Auguste Robin, a senior officer of the Tonkin expeditionary force 1885-1887.

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Vietnamese officer's gươm

Of a late 19th century type with a silver-backed hardwood grip.

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Broad Vietnamese knife

Broad bladed example with horn hilt and engraved blade.

€900,-
Large Vietnamese trường đao

Of very good quality for this type of weapon.

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An old dha (carbon 14 dated)

Found in excavated condition, published with results of c-14 and XRF analysis.

€1000,-
A large Vietnamese falchion

Description A rather unusual Vietnamese falchion, by lack of a better n

€1100,-
A Burmese dha with openwork handle

Made of a single piece of ivory, with a kneeling figure in its base.

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A Shan Kachin style dha

A large Kachin style square-ended dha in Shan style mountings.

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Asian export disc guard

The design, overlaid in silver, gold, and copper, over a crosshatched background shows dragon amongst clouds.

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Vietnamese officer saber

General introduction Ornate Vietnamese guőm (

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Early silver Burmese dha

With elaborate silver overlaid blade and inlaid iron hilt.

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Burmese sword carbine

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

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Vietnamese officer gươm

With staghorn grip finely carved with plum blossoms.

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Vietnamese musket with silver lock

Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.

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Plain mounted Mindan dha

Plain when sheathed, unsheathing reveals a rather nice silver overlaid blade.

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Vietnamese shortsword

A short version of the Vietnamese kiếm sword with a finely carved horn hilt.

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Ivory hilted dha

An earlier example with an iconographic hilt.

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A streaked lin gin

These ornate versions with hairpin forged blades were worn by local royalty.

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Fine Chinese Shan dha

Entirely clad in silver and with a differentially heat treated blade.

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The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha

Collected by a Russian prince from the hill peoples of central Vietnam in 1892.

€1800,-
Fine Burmese dha hmyaung

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

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A Vietnamese matchlock musket

Called Súng hỏa mai in Vietnamese, with baitong lock.

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Vietnamese matchlock

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

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A Vietnamese Christian cross

Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.

€2000,-
Chinese Shan presentation dha

Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.

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French sword for the King of Siam

With a Parisian blade carrying the royal emblem of King Rama IV.

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Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

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

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