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A talwar with "lehria" chevron blade

With chevron patterned blade of alternating types of steel.

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A Vietnamese kiem

A very good Vietnamese ceremonial kiem of the Nguyen dynasty.

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Bikaner war axe

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

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A nanban tsuba

A rather good example of a Japanese-made nanban tsuba.

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A nanban tsuba with Christian orb

A near round tsuba with beaded rim depicting two dragons in vegetal scrollwork.

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Chinese export sword guard

An iron openwork guard two dragons chasing a flaming pearl.

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Large Chinese Daoist sword

Chiseled in the blade is “勅今” which could either mean "imperial order" or "Daoist magic command".

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Chinese saber with segmented grooves

With openwork brass mounts in early imperial style.

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Chinese saber with U-grooves

With twist-core steel and of early liuyedao form. Probably 17th century.

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Indian revolving musket

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

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Ming militia sword

An honest, unpretentious fighting weapon of the Ming-Qing period.

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A Chinese scholar's sword

Introduction The Chinese straightsword or jiàn (劍) was traditi

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Chinese saber with "naginata-hi"

A Chinese waist saber or yaodao / peidao of the first half of the 18th century.

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Chinese twistcore presentation saber

An unusually large presentation saber in the style of high-end Chinese military sabers.

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English rifle with Ottoman barrel

An English rifle that was built around an 18th-century Ottoman barrel of the finest quality.

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Shuangjian with ivory grips

A deluxe set of double straightswords with carved ivory grips and gilt mounts.

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Silver mounted Sumatran saber

With inscription that reads: Raja Pagaruyung or "ruler of Pagaruyung".

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Ottoman bichaq (knife)

Description An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like

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Kayamkulam sword

Of the Malabar coast, South India.

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Chiseled iron bichuwa

The handle covered with gold damascening.

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A large Manchu knife

Of a type also issued to the Qing Vanguard.

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Chinese trousse set with glass trinkets

Introduction Sets with a knife and chopsticks and sometimes some other utensils were co

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Pedang suduk maru

Also known as pedang lurus.

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Chinese shuangdao - double sabers

With narrow liuyedao blades of moderate curvature.

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Qing Bannerman's helmet

Of a type worn among others by the Valiant Cavalry.

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A wide Chinese fighting knife

With the relatively rare feature of a raised backedge.

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A south Indian spearhead

A large example of a type called sang.

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All steel / wootz dagger

The slender blade is made of flawless wootz steel in boldly contrasting shades of silver and dark grey.

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A silver-niello Ottoman bichaq

Description An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like a yata

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A rare shortsword from Eastern Tibet

Description An interesting Tibetan shortsword with acute point.

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Buryat bowcase and quiver

Of the Western Buryats, living near the shores of Lake Baikal.

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Ottoman bow with siper and arrows

Description A rare Ottoman bow that has seen better days.

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Bikaner elephant katar

Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory

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A Vietnamese straightsword kiem

With a substantial, quality blade.

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Heavy wootz hilted talwar

Introduction The talwar or talvār (Hindi) is

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A fine khanda with pierced hilt

Presented here is a beautiful khanda with an exceptionally fine pierced hilt.

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Qing dynasty imperial edict box

Used to move imperial orders from the emperor’s quarters to the recipient.

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A fine Deccan chilanum

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

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18th century Chinese saber

With fine blade, of liuyedao form with a gentle curvature.

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Ten avatars of Vishnu katar

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

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19th century Qing military saber

With massive 10mm thick blade with strong distal taper.

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Chinese saber of the Chaoyang army

Late 18th century, complete with its original scabbard.

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Tibetan shortsword with rare blade

With ce rong or "open ravines" pattern of zig-zag lines in the steel.

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A good pair of butterfly swords

Introduction The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords p

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Imjin wars period helmet

Description An early type of Korean soldier's helmet.

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Zhibeidao with spectacular blade

Introduction to the type This type of sword is referred to as zhibe

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Chinese pellet crossbow

Introduction Pellet bows and crossbows have a long history in China.

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Vietnamese rattan shield

Called khiên in Vietnamese.

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Heavy Manchu war or strength bow

With an estimated draw weight of 160-200 pounds.

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Large all-steel khanda

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

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A fine Indian sword

This one is for the connoisseur of blades.

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An exceptional khanda

With wootz blade and wootz Hindu basket hilt

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