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Garsoee katar

An enigmatic type of katar produced in various places in India.

€1000,-
Indian jade hilted dagger

With wootz blade and the jade hilt set with small rubies.

€5400,-
Gilt-copper hilted kard

Fine Indian kard with gilt copper alloy hilt, decorated with chiseled flowers.

€2200,-
Ganga Jamni decorated kard

Ganga - Jamni refers to the rivers of the Ganges and Jamna. It was used to describe metalwork done in contrasting…

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Bali straight keris

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

€2200,-
Bali buntel mayat keris

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

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European sword blade keris

In the style of a Malay keris panjang.

€1750,-
A fine Korean eunjangdo

With all silver construction, including the blade.

€1600,-
Shimosaka o-tantō

N.B.T.H.K. Hozon with a set of Nanban-style koshirae with signed tsuba.

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Southern katar with yali langets

Of a style often associated with Tanjore, the seat of the Vijayanagara empire.

€1650,-
Southern katar with thick point

The blade with an extremely thick point on a very thin blade.

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Double bladed katar

Also called jamdhar doulicaneh. Forged from a single piece of steel, complete with scabbard.

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Northern wootz katar

With different types of decor on either side of the hilt.

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Vijayanagara hooded katar

With crisp, extremely very well-preserved wootz blade.

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Sword hilted khukurī

A rarer variety with a hilt that takes inspiration from the kora and talwar.

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Fine African Bedja dagger

These handsome daggers were worn by the nomadic Hadendoa people, their name has been interpreted as meaning "Lion Clan".

€1300,-
Slender chilanum dagger

Of elegant form with very crisp blade.

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Sinhalese pihiya

A beautiful black coral hilted example, made in the King's workshops.

€1800,-
Jade bamboo hilted knife

With spinach green jade handle and carved buffalo horn scabbard.

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Silver hilted keris coteng

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

€3200,-
16th century left-hand dagger

Nice European parrying dagger, possibly German or Swiss.

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Chinese ring pommeled knife

Of a type used by bandits, brigands, pirates, and the like.

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Rare Ainu kuttom-ushbe

A luxury Ainu knife styled after the Japanese tantō.

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Unusual Ainu knife

Resembling a makiri but with the blade's edge on the opposite side.

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Ainu knife

Of a typical style used in Hokkaido in the 19th century.

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Bark wrapped Ainu makiri

A slender makiri with a bark wrapped scabbard.

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Fine Ainu makiri

An exceptionally well-carved Ainu knife.

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North Nias si euli

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

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Khmer dagger

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

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Gilt Ottoman made sabiki

The long version of the jambiya, with blackened, gold inlaid blade.

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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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Rare beladau lebar dagger

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

€475,-
A giant piso raout

An oversized utility knife of the headhunters of Borneo.

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West-Javanese stiletto dagger

Early piece with an unusual European-style stiletto blade.

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Polished Sino-Vietnamese dagger

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

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Broad Vietnamese knife

Broad bladed example with horn hilt and engraved blade.

€900,-
Large Chinese hunting knife

With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

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Studded Eastern Tibetan dagger

Of Kham area regional style, with a grip studded with turquoises and corals.

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Vijayanagara katar

A 16th hooded katar with the wide, ribbed blade that is characteristic for this period.

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Central Asian dated kard 1709

With wootz blade inlaid in gold with the name of the maker and the owner.

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A fine north Indian dagger

Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.

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Jamdhar katari

A Hindu dagger following an ancient style that was preserved in Afghanistan.

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Sabiki or "Wahhabite jambiya"

With a long, sword-like blade characteristic of this type. With original belt.

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A "Mecca" Jambiya

A style of dagger often associated with the pilgrimage to Mecca.

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Double-edged Bhutanese dagger

With triple grooves and in heavy silver mountings.

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A Sinhalese kirichchiya

A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.

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Ceremonial Moro kalis

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

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Paiwan tjakit with provenance

It was collected by Laurens Langewis, an early 20th-century ethnographer and author.

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Fine Tibetan gem studded dagger

A very rare type of dagger that originates from the borderlands of Eastern Tibet and Sichuan.

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Old Madura keris

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

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Sinhalese coral hilted knife

Also known as piha-kaetta, this is more correctly a pihiya.

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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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