Skip to main content

logotype

 

Main navigation

  • ITEMS
  • GLOSSARY
  • ARTICLES
  • SERVICES
  • ABOUT
  • BLOG
  • CONTACT

Items

  • Africa
  • Asia, Central
  • Asia, East (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan)
  • (-) Asia, South (India & Sri Lanka)
  • Asia, Southeast
  • Europe
  • (-) Islamic
  • Maritime trade Asia & colonial
  • Oceania
  • The Himalayas
  • Afghanistan
  • Arab
  • Kurdish
  • Mamluk
  • Mughal
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Persia
  • Archery/blowguns
  • Armor
  • Daggers & knives
  • Firearms
  • Miscellaneous
  • Parts
  • Pole arms
  • Swords
  • All (219)
  • For sale (29)
  • Gallery (10)
  • Sold (180)
  • Latest
  • Price
  • Indian arrows logo

    Group of mounted Indian arrows

    Featuring various extremely rare arrows with crescent heads.

    Sold
  • Sipar fouladi (wootz shield) logo

    Large sipar fouladi (wootz shield)

    North Indian shield entirely made of wootz, including its bosses.

    Sold
  • Kapwah dagger logo

    Early Mughal kapwah

    An over 400-year-old Mughal court dagger. Once lavishly decorated with gold.

    Sold
  • Garsoee katar

    Garsoee katar

    An enigmatic type of katar produced in various places in India.

    Sold
  • Firangi logo

    Firanghi with gold overlaid hilt

    The manner of decoration is entirely geometrical, which is very hard to do right.

    Sold
  • Indian ganga-jamni kard logo

    Ganga Jamni decorated kard

    Ganga - Jamni refers to the rivers of the Ganges and Jamna. It was used to describe metalwork done in contrasting…

    Sold
  • 18th century Indian talwar with Fraser provenance

    A Fraser talwar, 18th century

    Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.

    Sold
  • Southern katar

    Southern katar with thick point

    The blade with an extremely thick point on a very thin blade.

    Sold
  • Double bladed katar

    Double bladed katar

    Also called jamdhar doulicaneh. Forged from a single piece of steel, complete with scabbard.

    Sold
  • Northern wootz katar logo

    Northern wootz katar

    With different types of decor on either side of the hilt.

    Sold
  • Vijayanagara katar logo

    Vijayanagara hooded katar

    With crisp, extremely very well-preserved wootz blade.

    Sold
  • Slender chilanum dagger logo

    Slender chilanum dagger

    Of elegant form with very crisp blade.

    Sold
  • Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

    Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

    The hilt with overlay of the finest quality of the period

    Sold
  • Indian talwar with 1693 dated blade logo

    Talwar with 1693 dated blade

    With later, elaborately chiseled hilt of very fine quality.

    Sold
  • Sikh chakram

    Sikh fighting chakram

    A sharp, heavier user. Not the flimsy type usually encountered.

    Sold
  • 17th century pattisa logo

    Fine 17th century pattissa

    The enormous blade made of fine, boldly contrasting wootz steel.

    Sold
  • unusual-indian-single-boss-shield

    Early Indian shield

    Made of thick lacquered hide, with a single brass boss

    Sold
  • Malabar coast Moplah sword logo

    Malabar coast Moplah sword

    A fine and somewhat unusual specimen, with engraved brass mounts and hardwood grip.

    Sold
  • Golden sabiki logo

    Gilt Ottoman made sabiki

    The long version of the jambiya, with blackened, gold inlaid blade.

    Sold
  • Punjab koftgari lockbox logo

    Punjabi koftgari lockbox

    Iron lockbox with key, decorated with the gold koftgari normally seen on arms.

    Sold
  • Bikaner lance

    Bikaner lance head

    With square cross-section point and several Bikaner armory markings.

    Sold
  • Persian wootz two-pronged spearhead

    Persian wootz double spearhead

    Finely crafted wootz blade, and golden inlays at the base.

    Sold
  • Persian wootz spearhead

    Persian wootz spearhead

    Made using Persian wootz. Pronounced features, chiseled socket.

    Sold
  • Goat hilted Khyber sword logo

    Goat hilted Khyber sword

    With gold plated hilt and pattern welded blade.

    Sold
  • Pata with Solingen blade

    Solingen blade with pata hilt

    Indian gauntlet sword with German blade made in Solingen.

    Sold
  • Persian axe logo

    Persian wootz axe

    With fine chiseled decoration and largely intact koftgari.

    Sold
  • Chakram logo

    Heavy Sikh chakram

    Traditionally associated with Vishnu, it was an essential piece of equipment for the Sikh nihang.

    Sold
  • Rajput sosun pattah

    Rajput sosun pattah

    With wootz blade, Marwari style hilt, and its original red velvet scabbard.

    Sold
  • Sosun pattah

    Sosun Pattah

    With Persian wootz blade, engraved at forte with floral designs.

    Sold
  • Kutch pattern welded Shamshir made for Benson

    Kutch shamshir for Benson

    Blade of Persian shamshir form, but of Indian make. Mounts in Kutch style gilt copper.

    Sold
  • Marwar talwar presented to Mohta Bakhtawar Singh logo

    Talwar of Mohta Bakhtawar Singh

    A fine Marwari talwar presented to the Dewan (chief minister) of Bikaner in 1756 A.D.

    Sold
  • Vijayanagara hooded katar logo

    Vijayanagara katar

    A 16th hooded katar with the wide, ribbed blade that is characteristic for this period.

    Sold
  • Nayar sword logo

    Nayar ritual sword

    An unusually ornate iteration of the design, intended for Hindu ceremonies.

    Sold
  • 16th century pattisa logo

    South Indian pattissa

    An early example, late Vijayanagara empire, with a fine wootz spatulate blade.

    Sold
  • 1709 kard dagger logo

    Central Asian dated kard 1709

    With wootz blade inlaid in gold with the name of the maker and the owner.

    Sold
  • Boy's brass hilted pata

    Boy's brass hilted patá

    With a charming brass zoomorphic gauntlet with feline head.

    Sold
  • Ottoman sword with twist-core blade

    Ottoman Turkish ribbon sword

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

    Sold
  • Indian spearheads and spear butt logo

    Indian spearheads and butt

    A set for the beginning collector.

    Sold
  • Indian khanda with etched blade

    Khanda with etched blade

    A 19th-century type with an etched blade, simulating patterned steel.

    Sold
  • Indian dagger

    A fine north Indian dagger

    Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.

    Sold
  • Afghan military saber logo

    Afghan military saber

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

    Sold
  • Kurdish kalkan logo

    Ottoman Kurdish kalkan

    A small, heavily reinforced buckler as used by Ottoman Kurdish infantry.

    Sold
  • Sabiki or wahhabite jambiya logo

    Sabiki or "Wahhabite jambiya"

    With a long, sword-like blade characteristic of this type. With original belt.

    Sold
  • Indian madu parrying weapon

    Indian madu parrying weapon

    Made with two antelope horns and an iron shield.

    Sold
  • Tiger stripe talwar

    Talwar with wootz hilt and blade

    With Persian style blade, showing Indian workmanship.

    Sold
  • Talwar hilt logo

    Silver overlaid talwar hilt

    Never mounted, still with the shop's wooden stopper.

    Sold
  • Mecca jambiya

    A "Mecca" Jambiya

    A style of dagger often associated with the pilgrimage to Mecca.

    Sold
  • Very fine Khond axe logo

    A remarkable Khond axe

    The best of its kind known to me, with silver overlay and ivory finial.

    Sold
  • Dervish axe logo

    A Persian crescent axe

    With lacquered shaft. Previously sold at Sotheby's in 1985.

    Sold
  • Lohar logo

    Afghan sickle, called lohar

    Of typical design, forged from one piece of iron, overlaid with brass on one side.

    Sold
  • kirichchiya logo

    A Sinhalese kirichchiya

    A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.

    Sold
  • Sinhalese coral hilted knife

    Sinhalese coral hilted knife

    Also known as piha-kaetta, this is more correctly a pihiya.

    Sold

Pagination

  • <
  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Next page >

kvhok-logocinoa logoPAN logo
 

Main navigation

  • ITEMS
  • GLOSSARY
  • ARTICLES
  • SERVICES
  • ABOUT
  • BLOG
  • CONTACT

Text and photographs licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
By placing an order, you are accepting my Terms and Conditions.

Subscribe to the mailing list to never miss an update.
Or follow the Mansion at:

 Instagram logoFacebook logo