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  • Vietnamese dagger logo

    Vietnamese knife

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

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  • Montagnard saber logo

    Montagnard short saber

    Of the hill peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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  • Indo-Chinese fighting dagger

    Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife

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

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  • Antique Vietnamese spearhead logo

    Vietnamese single edged spearhead

    Large, heavy single-edged example with iron mounts.

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  • Chin nicotine flask logo

    Chin nicotine flask

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

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  • Wood hilted dahmjaun

    Wood hilted dahmjaun

    With iron ferrule and copper and silver overlaid blade.

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  • A signed Vietnamese fighting saber

    A signed Vietnamese fighting saber

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

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  • yem nguyet dao logo

    Ceremonial yem nguyệt đao

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

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  • Chinese - Vietnamese fighting knife

    Heavy Sino-Vietnamese dagger

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

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  • Kachin dha logo

    Tribal Kachin dha

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

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  • Khmer style dha

    SE Asian dha (carbon 14 dated)

    In excavated condition. With XRF and radiocarbon dating results.

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  • A heavy Burmese fighting dha

    A heavy Burmese dha

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

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  • Burmese silver overlaid dha

    Burmese silver overlaid dha

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

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  • Good antique Vietnamese fighting knife

    Good Vietnamese dagger

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

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  • Ceremonial guom truong

    Ceremonial gươm truòng

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

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  • Vietnamese crook handle cane with silver handle logo

    Vietnamese crook handled cane

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

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  • Dated 1928 dha

    Burmese dha dated 1928

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

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  • Sino-Vietnamese dagger

    Polished Sino-Vietnamese dagger

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

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  • Brass mounted Thai daap

    Brass mounted Thai dáap

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

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  • Old excavated dha logo

    An excavated dha sword

    With heavy blade and copper alloy hilt and lobed guard.

    €700,-
  • Burmese double knives

    Burmese double knives

    A rare set of twin knives in a single scabbard.

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  • Cham sword logo

    Ancient Cham sword

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

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  • Horn hilted Vietnamese officer's saber

    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

    16th century Vietnamese saber

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

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  • Asian export sword guard logo

    Asian Export sword guard

    Private collection. Not for sale.

    Gallery
  • Tonkinese saber collected 1885-1887 logo

    Tonkinese saber

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

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  • Vietnamese guom

    Vietnamese officer's gươm

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

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  • Broad Vietnamese fighting knife

    Broad Vietnamese knife

    Broad bladed example with horn hilt and engraved blade.

    €900,-
  • Vietnamese falchion

    Large Vietnamese trường đao

    Of very good quality for this type of weapon.

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  • Old excavated dha logo

    An old dha (carbon 14 dated)

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

    €1000,-
  • Vietnamese falchion

    A large Vietnamese falchion

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

    €1100,-
  • A Burmese dha with openwork handle logo

    A Burmese dha with openwork handle

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

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  • Kachin dha logo

    A Shan Kachin style dha

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

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  • Asian export sword guard

    Asian export disc guard

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

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  • Guom

    Vietnamese officer saber

    General introduction Ornate Vietnamese guőm (

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  • Early Mindan style dha logo

    Early silver Burmese dha

    With elaborate silver overlaid blade and inlaid iron hilt.

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  • Burmese sword carbine

    Burmese sword carbine

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

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  • Antique Vietnamese saber

    Vietnamese officer gươm

    With staghorn grip finely carved with plum blossoms.

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  • Vietnamese musket

    Vietnamese musket with silver lock

    Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.

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  • Humble dha with Mindan blade logo

    Plain mounted Mindan dha

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

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  • Vietnamese short kiem logo

    Vietnamese shortsword

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

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  • Ivory hilted dha logo

    Ivory hilted dha

    An earlier example with an iconographic hilt.

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  • Lin gin dha logo

    A streaked lin gin

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

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  • Dai dha overall

    Fine Chinese Shan dha

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

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  • Prince Constantin Wiasemsky dha

    The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha

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

    €1800,-
  • Large Burmese dagger

    Fine Burmese dha hmyaung

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

    Gallery
  • Vietnamese matchlock with baitong lock logo

    A Vietnamese matchlock musket

    Called Súng hỏa mai in Vietnamese, with baitong lock.

    Sold
  • Vietnamese matchlock

    Vietnamese matchlock

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

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  • Christian wooden mother-of-pearl inlaid cross Nguyen dynasty Vietnam

    A Vietnamese Christian cross

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

    €2000,-
  • Yunnan Dai presentation dha logo

    Chinese Shan presentation dha

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

    Sold
  • Siamese Mamluk saber logo

    French sword for the King of Siam

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

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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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