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  • Solingen pata logo

    Indian pata with Solingen blade

    With a blade of 17th-century European manufacture, with trader's name on it.

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  • Wootz shamshir with talwar hilt logo

    Talwar hilted shamshir

    With a very fine Persian blade of "brilliant black" wootz.

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  • Wootz shamshir lahore hilt

    Lahore talwar hilted shamshir

    Persian wootz shamshir in a talwar hilt from Lahore.

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  • Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné

    Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné

    With parcel gilding and ruby eyes, in a fine silver repousse scabbard.

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  • Signed Kothimora khukuri logo

    The khukri of Peter L. Achard

    Also known as kothimora khukuri, in a scabbard with repousse silver mounts.

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  • Sinhalese lacquered cane

    Sinhalese lacquered cane

    Description An antique Sinhalese walking cane, made of a light and relatively flexible

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  • A large Bhutanese patag logo

    Bhutanese sword in tribal scabbard

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

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  • Early Indian khanda logo

    Early Indian khanda

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

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  • Early Indian sword

    Early Indian fighting sword

    With a recurved blade and elaborate bronze hilt decorated with chakras.

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  • Early chilanum hilt logo

    Early chilanum hilt

    An old bronze hilt in the shape of chilanum hilts.

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  • Vijayanagara hooded katar logo

    Simple hooded katar

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

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  • early Bundi style katar logo

    Katar with complex ribbed blade

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

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  • South Indian stiletto dagger logo

    South Indian loop hilted dagger

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

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  • Fine Sinhalese lacquered bow logo

    A fine Sinhalese bow

    Made in the Four Workshops of the King of Kandy.

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  • Sinhalese lacquered bow logo

    A Sinhalese lacquered bow

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

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  • Three Indian war arrows logo

    Three Indian war arrows

    Fitted with facetted armor-piercing bodkins type arrowheads.

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  • Indian long distance or flight arrows

    Two Indian flight arrows

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

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  • Indian anti-siege arrows logo

    Three Indian anti-siege arrows

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

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  • five Indian arrows

    Five Indian arrows

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

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  • Indian bodkin arrows logo

    Eight Indian bodkin arrows

    Fitted with strong, facetted armor-piercing heads.

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  • Seven broadhead arrows

    Seven Indian broadhead arrows

    With fairly large broadheads, painted tails and bulbous nocks.

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  • Bheema Nayak saber logo

    Saber of Bhima Nayak

    A south Indian saber carrying the name "Sri Bhima Nayak".

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  • Straight khanjarli

    Unusual khanjarli

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

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  • Bundi katar

    A katar from Bundi

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

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  • Katar logo

    18th century northern katar

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

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  • Khanjarli logo

    A South Indian khanjarli

    A fine, early example with silver-plated details.

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  • North Indian composite bow

    North Indian composite bow

    With whimsical tiger and deer decoration.

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  • Mail shirt

    Fine mail shirt, Sikh Empire

    With a lozenge pattern of brass rings.

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  • Sang

    Large spearhead from South India

    An unusual type with a broad leaf-shaped head with deep sunken panels.

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  • Child's katar

    Boy's katar

    A miniature piece meant for use by a small boy.

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  • Fine Indian tegha logo

    Indian teghá with fine hilt

    With wide, pattern-welded blade.

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  • Bikaner axe logo

    Axe with Anup Singh inscription

    With a samvat date that corresponds to 1691 A.D.

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  • North Indian arrows logo

    Two fine north Indian arrows

    With points mimicking the shape of the Indian push dagger called "katar".

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  • Vijayanagara pata

    Vijayanagara "pata"

    A very early example of the type, with locally made rapier style blade.

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  • North Indian katar with tools

    North Indian katar with tools

    With a fine wootz blade with a pronounced center ridge.

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  • Ul pihiya logo

    Sinhalese knife and stylus

    Fitting in a single scabbard. Modest for Sinhalese work.

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  • A silver pihiya

    Silver Sinhalese ul-pihiya

    A fine Kandyan knife, or ul-pihiya, probably mid 18th century.

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  • North indian katar

    Heavy Rajput katar

    A heavy Indian katar with substantial armor piercing blade.

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  • 12 Indian arrows

    12 North Indian arrows

    With katar-tipped heads and dark brown shafts.

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  • A small dagger from the Bikaner armory

    A Bikaner armory dagger

    A rare, early south Indian dagger with Bikaner armory markings

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  • Sosun pattah with golden damascened hilt logo

    North Indian sosun pattah

    A very good example of a sosun pattah, or "lily leaf", of elegant form.

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  • Indian dhal shield by Bhagvan Khoosal

    Indian signed dhal from Gujarat

    An interesting Indian dhal, a small shield that was signed by its maker from Gujarat.

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  • 17th century katar with curved blade logo

    South Indian katar with curved blade

    A very crisp and complete example of its type.

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  • Sinhalese spear logo

    A Sinhalese spear

    A nice example of a rare type of weapon from the Sinhalese arsenal.

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  • Chiseled khanda hilt

    Chiseled iron khanda hilt

    With blackened iron panels with decorative borders carved in relief.

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  • Bundi style katar

    A gilt katar with spiraled hilt

    In a style associated with Maharao Raja Ram Singh.

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  • Tanjore spearhead

    Tanjore spearhead

    Description A south Indian spearhead with a thick double-edged, symmetrical leaf-shaped

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  • Indian khanjarli logo

    A large and very good khanjarli

    With lunette pommel of ivory plates.

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  • A kutch style pata logo

    Indian Pata with Kutch style decor

    A serious weapon with a very good blade and heavy plating.

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  • South Indian ankus logo

    South Indian pierced iron ankus

    Its decoration consists of fantastic designs of various animals, mythical and existing.

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  • Canton style sword guard

    Fine Canton-style export sword guard

    Introduction Many Asian export sword guards, and later Japanese guards inspired by them

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  • Indian javelin

    Indian javelin head

    With leaf-shaped blade with strong ribbed feature on either side.

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