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  • Sukesada

    Sukesada uchigatana made August 1523

    With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.

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  • Handachi wakizashi

    Handachi mounted wakizashi

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

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  • Nias belatu logo

    A South Nias belatu salà

    Rare sword from the headhunters of Nias. Complete with talismanic basket and belt hook.

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  • Tonkinese saber collected 1885-1887 logo

    Tonkinese saber

    Collected by Victor Auguste Robin, a senior officer of the Tonkin expeditionary force 1885-1887.

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  • Modang mandau

    Rare Modang Mandau

    With the characteristic carved face hilt and the rarer "sarong seltoep" scabbard.

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  • Montagnard saber logo

    Montagnard short saber

    Of the hill peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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  • Sikin panjang with inlaid blade

    Fine inlaid sikin panjang

    Complete example with the rarer feature of inlays at the base of the blade.

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  • South Sulawesi sword VOC marked blade

    Sulawesi sword with VOC blade

    A very good sword from South Sulawesi (Celebes) with silver mounts and a dated VOC blade.

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  • Qing liedao

    Large Chinese hunting knife

    With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

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  • Laos double swords logo

    Flame backed double swords

    With dramatically shaped blades and inlaid hilts.

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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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  • Pata with Solingen blade

    Solingen blade with pata hilt

    Indian gauntlet sword with German blade made in Solingen.

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  • Bhutanese shortsword logo

    Bhutanese shortsword

    From the P. Holstein collection, published in 1931.

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  • Vietnamese kiem in Chinese style

    Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye

    Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.

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  • Rajput sosun pattah

    Rajput sosun pattah

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

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  • Sosun pattah

    Sosun Pattah

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

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  • The dha of O.T. Burne

    The O.T. Burne dha

    With silver overlaid blade and silver mounts worked in repousse. With some of Burne's personal items.

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  • 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.

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  • Nayar sword logo

    Nayar ritual sword

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

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  • 16th century pattissa logo

    South Indian pattissa

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

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  • 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.

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  • Tibetan pierced iron shortsword logo

    Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

    With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

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  • Afghan military saber logo

    Afghan military saber

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

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  • Palembang pedang benkok with twistcore blade

    Palembang twist-core pedang

    A Palembang style sword with a fine twist-core blade and carved hardwood scabbard.

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  • Bhutanese patag sword with silver scabbard

    Bhutanese "churi chenm" sword

    This style was worn by nobles and senior officials.

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  • Jun Huo Ju Shuangshoudao logo

    Jūn Huǒ Jú-made shuāng shǒudāo

    Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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  • Jun Huo Ju saber logo

    Jūn Huǒ Jú-made saber

    Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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  • Murut parapat sword logo

    A Murut parapat

    The sword of the Murut headhunters of northern Borneo.

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  • Lin gin dha logo

    A streaked lin gin

    These ornate versions with hairpin forged blades were worn by local royalty.

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  • Medium length Chinese straightsword jian logo

    Chinese medium size jian

    A heavy piece with a substantial blade, with smooth bronze mounts.

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  • Chinese double swords with hook

    Double shortswords with belt hook

    A classic set of Chinese double swords, complete with suspension and hook.

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  • Kuiwen shuang duanjian logo

    Chinese paired shortswords

    Cantonese double swords with archaic dragon design mounts.

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  • Early duanjian logo

    Early Chinese shortsword

    A classic duanjian, but of somewhat earlier manufacture than most.

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  • Carved scabbard shuangjian logo

    Shuāngjiàn with carved scabbard

    A paired jian of fushou type, with carved hardwood scabbard.

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  • Lalaw sword logo

    Large Atayal lalaw sword

    A particularly nice example with 120 iron bands holding the blade.

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  • Batak sword logo

    A Karo Batak kalasan sword

    An almost textbook example of a silver-plated kalasan.

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  • Toba Batak sword logo

    Toba Batak sword

    With cast-bronze guarding figure hilt.

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  • Sikin panjang golden crown logo

    Sikin panjang with golden crown

    In original condition and period finish. Some losses, no repairs.

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  • Daoist shuangjian

    Lóngquán Daoist shuāngjiàn

    A very good set of Daoist straightswords in a single scabbard. There is a lot to see here, but I will start with the…

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  • A Chinese executioners sword logo

    A Chinese headman's sword

    Of rare form with short but very heavy double-edged blade.

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  • 19th century Qing fangshi peidao logo

    Qing fangshi soldier's saber

    A rare surviving example of the simple military version of this style.

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  • Burmese hilted wakizashi in Indian scabbard logo

    Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

    An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.

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  • Fine wootz talwar

    Wootz talwar with pierced scabbard

    With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.

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  • Talwar with Mamluk style blade decor

    Talwar with Mamluk style blade

    In Punjabi style hilt, with elaborately chiseled blade.

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  • Palembang sword with European blade logo

    A Palembang sword with British blade

    With finely carved horn hilt, silver mounts and reshaped European blade.

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  • Chiseled kirach from Lahore

    A kirach with hunting scenes

    Its blade pattern-welded and chiseled with designs of hunters and animals.

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  • 1809 yatagan

    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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  • Yatagan dated 1790-91 logo

    Yatağan dated 1790-1791

    An old warhorse with several repairs.

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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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  • Siamese Mamluk saber logo

    French sword for the King of Siam

    With a Parisian blade carrying the royal emblem of King Rama IV.

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  • Unusual Taiwanese sword logo

    Unusual Taiwanese sword

    With a straight blade of asymmetrical grind and a strongly Chinese inspired scabbard.

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  • Hudiedao logo

    Very good hudiedao set

    With fine carved hilts, substantial bronze D-guards, and subtle signs of heat treatment on the blades.

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