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Parang nabur with báitóng hilt

These sabers from Kalimantan exhibit a mix of European, Islamic, and local styles.

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Heavy Sino-Vietnamese dagger

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

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A fine late Qing jian

A step above the norm in quality for this period, with nicely pierced mounts.

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Cantonese saber

With brass mounts and ray skin covered scabbard.

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Southern Chinese saber

Of typical southern form with a very slender, pointy blade.

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Bhutanese sword in tribal scabbard

With early pierced iron pommel and a style of scabbard worn in Arunachal Pradesh.

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Unusual sword from Amdo

Exhibiting an interesting blend of Chinese and Tibetan features.

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Silver hilted Tibetan shortsword

Of typical form, but with an all-silver hilt that carries Chinese silver marks.

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Early Indian khanda

An early version of this iconic Indian weapon, with its characteristic swollen tip.

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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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Silver khukuri with bone grip

Often called "kothimora khukuri", with scabbards mounted in repousse and pierced silver.

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Large tin chirra kothimora khukuri

An exceptionally large example with a desirable three fullered blade.

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A fine mutiny era khukuri

An understated, elegant khukuri of substantial proportions with fine pattern welded blade.

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A silver clad khukuri

With fine silver mounts worked in repousse with designs of flowers and foliage.

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Early chilanum hilt

An old bronze hilt in the shape of chilanum hilts.

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Simple hooded katar

Of a type that is strongly associated with the Vijayanagara empire.

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Katar with complex ribbed blade

A substantial example, of elegant form, with a complex grooved blade.

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South Indian loop hilted dagger

Introduction Indian loop hilted dagger are generally called bichuwa (बिछुवा )

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A Qing strength bow

A very heavy Manchu bow used for strength training and military examinations.

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A deconstructed Qing bow

For the bowyers, a set of parts of an authentic 19th century Qing bow.

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Qing folding bow

A short-eared composite bow with an iron hinge in the handle so it folds upon itself.

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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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A Sinhalese lacquered bow

With classic cinnabar red, yellow, green and black lacquered decoration.

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A rare bow from Kashmir

A sinew-backed bow with rather nice lacquer work.

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Three Indian war arrows

Fitted with facetted armor-piercing bodkins type arrowheads.

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Two Indian flight arrows

Light and slender arrows with small metal tips, optimized for long-distance shooting.

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Three Indian anti-siege arrows

Named so due to their extremely heavy, bullet-shaped arrowheads.

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Five Indian arrows

From the same set, but with a variety of different arrowheads.

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Eight Indian bodkin arrows

Fitted with strong, facetted armor-piercing heads.

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Seven Indian broadhead arrows

With fairly large broadheads, painted tails and bulbous nocks.

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Unusual khanjarli

With straight blade and two opposing Yali chiseled out of the forte of the blade.

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Gold mounted presentation khukurī

Thought to have been presented by the Royal House of Nepal.

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A silver mounted khukuri

Of the 19th century, with fine pierced scabbard mouthpiece.

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An interesting Japanese yari

Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.

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Qing military rank badge

Depicting the golden cat, representing the 6th military rank.

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A katar from Bundi

The style typical for royal katar made under Maharao Ram Singh.

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Qing piandao polearm

Of a style that fell out of use with the fall of the Qing.

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A Mindan / Yamethin dha

With fine overlaid blade this area was known for.

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Large Shan dha

With silver-clad scabbard executed in their typical style.

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Mindan dha with agate pommel

Its blade portraying the story of one of the previous lives of Guatama Buddha.

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Late Qing jian

A typical example, complete with lacquered scabbard.

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Late iron mounted jian

A rarer configuration, normally mounted with brass in this period. With a chrome-plated blade.

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Ming militia dao

From the Ming-Qing transition period, with many typical Ming features.

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Seven stars militia jian

A short, stout Chinese straightsword of a type used by village defenses across the empire.

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Chinese Hui sword

A peculiar Chinese dadao with markings attributing it to a Hui army or battallion.

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18th century northern katar

With high-contrast wootz blade and fine damascening in two tones of gold.

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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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Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife

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

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Tibetan shortsword from Ladakh

With elaborately pierced and chased silver scabbard.

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Double-edged Bhutanese dagger

With triple grooves and in heavy silver mountings.

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A Japanese wari-kōgai

Iron chopsticks that combine as a kogai, with silver inlaid Paulownia mon.

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Persian "khanjar" dagger

With finely chiseled steel hilt and scabbard

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