A silver clad khukuri
With fine silver mounts worked in repousse with designs of flowers and foliage.
SoldA Deccan chilanum
With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.
SoldKatar with complex ribbed blade
A substantial example, of elegant form, with a complex grooved blade.
SoldSouth Indian loop hilted dagger
Introduction Indian loop hilted dagger are generally called bichuwa
SoldUnusual khanjarli
With straight blade and two opposing Yali chiseled out of the forte of the blade.
Sold18th century northern katar
With high-contrast wootz blade and fine damascening in two tones of gold.
SoldGolden damascened boy's katar
A rare example with pattern welded blade, retaining its original scabbard.
SoldSino-Vietnamese fighting knife
A Chinese style fighting knife probably made in Yunnan or Vietnam.
SoldChinese trousse in Mongolian style
With heavy pierced silver mounts in with archaic dragon designs.
SoldChinese jade handled dagger
It has a solid pale green jade hilt that is fitted to a silver collar-piece.
SoldRare iconographic Mongolian style knife
Introduction Many Mongols, the Khalkas in particular, had close ties with the Manchu ru
SoldOttoman knife by Manceaux, Paris
Of superior quality manufacture, combining a mix of European and Ottoman taste.
SoldTaiwanese Aboriginal Pingpu knife
Introduction The Island of Taiwan was briefly under Dutch colonial rule in the 17th cen
SoldChinese trousse with inlaid iron mounts
Background Sets with a knife and chopsticks -and sometimes some other utensils- were co
SoldDeccan katar with Bikaner marks
With a hilt that is of typical southern form, with a cupped base and langets.
SoldAll-steel Bundi katar
The blade features a sunken panel with very finely chiseled "tree of life" motiff of small leaves.
SoldSouth Indian katar with Bikaner marks
An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.
SoldA fine bichuwa with gold decor
A north Indian bichuwa dagger with recurved blade and richly decorated hilt.
SoldBikaner elephant katar
Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory
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