South Indian spear butt
Made of iron, weighted with two flattened spheres, all with chiseled decoration.
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A fine Yunnan Dai dagger
With characteristic bulb pommel and silver plating on hilt and scabbard.
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A northern katar in southern style
Exhibiting southern style beaded edges with northern style construction and gold.
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South Indian chiseled iron katar
A nice honest example of an early south Indian katar with great sculptural qualities.
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Lóngquán Daoist shuāngjiàn
A very good set of Daoist straightswords in a single scabbard. There is a lot to see here, but I will start with the…
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Stone-hilted pesh-kabz
A very large example with a strongly reinforced tip and stone handle scales.
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Pesh kabz with horn plated hilt
An excellently designed thrusting dagger with T-spine and sharp tip.
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Chinese báitóng whip
A Chinese traditional hidden striking weapon, this time executed in the "white copper" alloy.
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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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A parakeet shaped ankus head
Made with a separate parakeet-shaped hook, attached to long tanged spearhead.
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A hanshee khukurī
A rare and sought-after type. This one comes in its original silver mounted scabbard.
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Tibetan mail shirt, helmet and mirrors
Collected by American anthropologist Melvyn Goldstein in the 1980s.
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Qing fangshi soldier's saber
A rare surviving example of the simple military version of this style.
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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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An unusual ḍhāl
A translucent hide shield with gilt brass ornaments. Probably Nepalese of for a Nepalese client.
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A fine budhune khukurī
A fat-bellied variety of the Nepalese khukurī with mirror polished blade and iron handle with fine silver overlay.
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Kusari katabira zukin
Japanese mail set, with small ring vest and coif sewn to a thick cotton undergarment.
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Wootz talwar with pierced scabbard
With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.
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Fine Ottoman yatağan dated 1809
Made by a maker called Noah in 1809 for a certain Mehemmed Ağa Fî. With beautiful golden overlays on blade.
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Indian pata with Solingen blade
With a blade of 17th-century European manufacture, with trader's name on it.
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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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Antique Chinese spearhead 3
Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.
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Unusual Taiwanese sword
With a straight blade of asymmetrical grind and a strongly Chinese inspired scabbard.
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Rare Ottoman war arrow
With a small, barbed armor-piercing point and early style painted shaft.
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Very good hudiedao set
With fine carved hilts, substantial bronze D-guards, and subtle signs of heat treatment on the blades.
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A rare Burmese spear
A fine example with silver overlaid spearhead and silver ferrule with niello inlay.
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Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné
With parcel gilding and ruby eyes, in a fine silver repousse scabbard.
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Silver plated Tanjore spearhead
A large and heavy example with chiseled decor and silver overlaid base.
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The khukri of Peter L. Achard
Also known as kothimora khukuri, in a scabbard with repousse silver mounts.
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Plain mounted Mindan dha
Plain when sheathed, unsheathing reveals a rather nice silver overlaid blade.
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