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Talwar with Mamluk style blade

In Punjabi style hilt, with elaborately chiseled blade.

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Tibetan dpa'dam or backsword

A fine eastern Tibetan example with silver braided scabbard mounts.

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Sikkim "ban" sword

With finer forge folded blade than most of its type.

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Yatağan dated 1790-1791

An old warhorse with several repairs.

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A fine pattern welded kora

Short but substantial, with its protruding tip it's rather mace-like.

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A finely forged kora

With very good pattern welded blade, complete with scabbard.

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A large Tibetan sword (dpa'dam)

Description A large Tibetan sword or dpa'dam, representing its classic form.

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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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Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

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A rare shortsword from Eastern Tibet

Description An interesting Tibetan shortsword with acute point.

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Afghan military saber

With an armory stamp dated Hijri 1326, corresponding to about 1908.

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Unusual Indian zulfiqar sword

With bifurcated S-shaped blade in talwar hilt.

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Unusual sword from Amdo

Exhibiting an interesting blend of Chinese and Tibetan features.

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A good Tibetan sword, dpa'dam

Introduction The dpa'dam of Tibet is a long, single edged swor

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Ottoman Turkish ribbon sword

A remarkable example of bladesmithing with a 5 row twist-core pattern that meanders over the blade.

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Lahore talwar hilted shamshir

Persian wootz shamshir in a talwar hilt from Lahore.

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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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Bhutanese "churi chenm" sword

This style was worn by nobles and senior officials.

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Tibetan shortsword from Ladakh

With elaborately pierced and chased silver scabbard.

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An exceptional khyber sword

The sword of the tribes living in and near the Khyber pass.

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A Bhutanese "churi chenm" sword

Referring to the wavy patterns on the midsection of the silver scabbard.

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A very good Afghan pulouar

With wootz handle with fine pierced pommel dome.

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Tibetan shortsword with rare blade

With ce rong or "open ravines" pattern of zig-zag lines in the steel.

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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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A "churi chenm" sword

A fine example of a Bhutanese shortsword with "churi chenm" scabbard.

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A notable Bhutanese sword

Its silver scabbard richly decorated in churi chenm style or "wavy pattern".

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Bhutanese shortsword

From the P. Holstein collection, published in 1931.

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An Ottoman coral studded pala

With gilt copper scabbard and multi-row twist-core blade.

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