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  • Plain dha with baldric logo

    Plain dha with baldric

    Nice plain dha as used in Yunnan, Burma, and northern Thailand. Complete with baldric.

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  • Hachiwari

    Very good hachiwari

    Literally "skull splitter", more widely known as kabutowari; "helmet splitter." An excellent example, one of the best…

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  • Katana with horse themed koshirae logo

    Katana in horse theme koshirae

    Blade signed Sesshū-jū Fujiwara Hiroyoshi, active in the 1670s-80s.

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  • Han Plain Red Banner saber

    Han Plain Red Banner saber

    Southern Chinese saber made for a soldier under the Plain Red Banner.

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  • Shimosaka o-tanto

    Shimosaka o-tantō

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

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  • Golden groove peidao logo

    Qing peidao with gold grooves

    With fine 18th century blade that combines many stylistic features.

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  • Chinese jade bamboo hilt knife logo

    Jade bamboo hilted knife

    With spinach green jade handle and carved buffalo horn scabbard.

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  • Musashi Taro Yasukuni katana logo

    Katana by Musashi Taro Yasukuni

    Signed, ubu. Complete with tasteful koshirae and Hozon papers.

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  • Chinese fighting knife

    Chinese ring pommeled knife

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

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  • Chinese tiebian logo

    Chinese tiěbiān mace

    A Chinese "sword breaker" with the rarer, bamboo-sectioned rod.

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  • Longquan Qianzihao duanjian logo

    Longquan jiàn by Qian Zi Hao

    A Chinese shortsword made by a well-known Longquan maker.

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  • Cambodian long saber logo

    Cambodian long saber

    Sized like the Chinese changren dadao, yet the execution of the hilt is Cambodian.

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  • Diantiao overall

    Chinese fighting carrying pole

    A heavily executed Chinese carrying pole that was used as a weapon.

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  • Chinese demon head saber

    Chinese demon head saber

    Based on a Chinese military saber blade, with unusual horn demon hilt

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  • Tametsugu logo

    Sōshū sword with tachi koshirae

    Tokubetsu Hozon, attributed to Den Tametsugu. With fine itomaki no tachi koshirae.

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  • Early Tibetan or Mongol quiver

    Mongol conquest period quiver

    Carbon dated to 1175-1275 A.D. with 95,4% certainty, the height of the Mongol conquest period.

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  • Ainu tanto logo

    Rare Ainu kuttom-ushbe

    A luxury Ainu knife styled after the Japanese tantō.

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  • Unusual Ainu knife

    Unusual Ainu knife

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

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  • Ainu makiri knife logo

    Ainu knife

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

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  • Slender Ainu makiri knife logo

    Bark wrapped Ainu makiri

    A slender makiri with a bark wrapped scabbard.

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  • Finely carved makiri dagger

    Fine Ainu makiri

    An exceptionally well-carved Ainu knife.

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  • Slender set of 19th century military hudiedao

    Slender hudiedao pair

    A classic example of the narrow military type, with brass guards.

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  • Hudiedao

    Hudiedao set with scabbard

    Classic pair of Southern Chinese butterfly swords.

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  • Twistcore peidao logo

    Qing twistcore peidao

    A fine twistcore blade in standard pattern Qing military mounts.

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  • Korean bowcase and quiver logo

    Korean bowcase & quiver

    A very rare matching set of Korean bowcase and quiver.

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  • Vintage Korean horn bow logo

    Korean horn bow set

    An old Korean hornbow from the 50s or 60s with string and arrows.

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  • Chinese rattan tiger shield logo

    Chinese tiger shield

    A large Chinese rattan shield called tengpai, used by special front-line troops.

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  • Kunikiyo wakizashi with horimono tested by Yamano 2 body cut

    Kunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut

    A wakizashi by master Kunikiyo, tested by the most famous sword tester of 17th century Japan.

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  • Kinai tsuba logo

    Fine Kinai dragon tsuba

    Made by the Kinai group of Echizen, who originated as horimono carvers.

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  • Sukesada

    Sukesada uchigatana made August 1523

    With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.

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  • Jumonji yari

    Jūmonji yari (hozon)

    A fine cross-shaped yari made by Enju Nobakatsu, with NBTHK Hozon papers.

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  • Mitsuhiro yari logo

    Yari with kusabi-hi

    Large Japanese spearhead with red lacquered zig-zag groove. Signed Mitsuhiro.

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  • Otateage suneate with Dutch goudleer logo

    Suneate with Dutch leather

    A pair of Samurai shin protectors finished with Dutch "goudleer".

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  • Handachi wakizashi

    Handachi mounted wakizashi

    With Nanban-style guard and kozuka. Signed Fujiwara Hisayoshi.

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  • Rukai shortsword logo

    Fine Taiwanese chieftain's sword

    A very ornate example worn by chieftains of the Rukai and Paiwan tribes of Southern Taiwan.

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  • Momoyama kabuto

    Golden kabuto with iron menpo

    A striking battle helmet from the Momoyama period of 1568-1600 A.D.

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  • Signed Chinese rattan shield

    Signed Chinese rattan shield

    This one has the early, peaked form and is signed by its maker.

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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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  • Qing liedao

    Large Chinese hunting knife

    With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

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  • Eastern Tibetan or Jinchuan dagger logo

    Studded Eastern Tibetan dagger

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

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  • Longquan jian logo

    Good late Qing Longquan jian

    With bat-shaped guard. A very high-quality example for the time period.

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  • Bowcase and quiver logo

    Tibetan bowcase & quiver

    A matched set of lacquered leather, finely decorated with gradient colors and black and gold detailing.

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  • Nanban style ship tsuba signed Hishu Kanesada logo

    Signed nanban style ship tsuba

    Signed by an artist named Kanesada from Higo.

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  • Tetsugendo Seiryuken Eiji tsuba

    Seiryūken Eiju dragon tsuba

    Tetsugendo school. Round plate with discoid cross-section, chiseled with dragons.

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  • An Eastern Tibetan dpa'dam logo

    Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao

    A simple piece, but with a nicely etched blade typical for the Tibetan / Sichuan borderlands.

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  • Tibetan pierced iron shortsword logo

    Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

    With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

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  • Sawasa style guard logo

    Sawasa style iron guard

    Unusual piece with depiction of a foreign figure.

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  • Chysanthemum tsuba

    Iron chrysanthemum tsuba

    Large example with gold and silver overlay.

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  • Dragon gate guard logo

    Unusual dragon gate guard

    Asian sword guard of unknown origin, modified in Japan.

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  • Canton tsuba

    Japanese tsuba in Canton style

    Also known as Kwanto-gata, with two facing dragon chasing a pearl.

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  • Podao logo

    Pōdāo with dragon tūnkǒu

    With a large iron guard and hard wooden shaft.

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  • Chinese crescent moon maces logo

    Chinese crescent tipped maces

    A highly unusual set of paired maces with crescent tips.

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