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Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye

Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.

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Persian wootz axe

With fine chiseled decoration and largely intact koftgari.

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Heavy Sikh chakram

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

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Rajput sosun pattah

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

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Sosun Pattah

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

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Pair of Siamese royal pole arms

With naginata-style blades, and lavish gilt copper mounts.

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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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Kutch shamshir for Benson

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

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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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Tibetan bowcase & quiver

A matched set of lacquered leather, finely decorated with gradient colors and black and gold detailing.

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Vijayanagara katar

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

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Nayar ritual sword

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

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South Indian pattissa

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

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Central Asian dated kard 1709

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

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Boy's brass hilted patá

With a charming brass zoomorphic gauntlet with feline head.

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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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Signed nanban style ship tsuba

Signed by an artist named Kanesada from Higo.

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Indian spearheads and butt

A set for the beginning collector.

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Seiryūken Eiju dragon tsuba

Tetsugendo school. Round plate with discoid cross-section, chiseled with dragons.

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Khanda with etched blade

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

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Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao

A simple piece, but with a nicely etched blade typical for the Tibetan / Sichuan borderlands.

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Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

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A fine north Indian dagger

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

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Vietnamese single edged spearhead

Large, heavy single-edged example with iron mounts.

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Afghan military saber

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

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Sawasa style iron guard

Unusual piece with depiction of a foreign figure.

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Iron chrysanthemum tsuba

Large example with gold and silver overlay.

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Unusual dragon gate guard

Asian sword guard of unknown origin, modified in Japan.

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Japanese tsuba in Canton style

Also known as Kwanto-gata, with two facing dragon chasing a pearl.

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Peranakan "pending" buckle

Belt buckle from West-Java, worn by Peranakan and wealthy Javanese women.

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Jamdhar katari

A Hindu dagger following an ancient style that was preserved in Afghanistan.

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Ottoman Kurdish kalkan

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

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Sabiki or "Wahhabite jambiya"

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

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Palembang twist-core pedang

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

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Bhutanese "churi chenm" sword

This style was worn by nobles and senior officials.

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Indian madu parrying weapon

Made with two antelope horns and an iron shield.

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Chin nicotine flask

A very rare flask used by Chin men of Burma for sipping nicotine water.

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Dayak carved ceremonial paddle

A fine ceremonial paddle of the Ngaju Dayak of southern Borneo.

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Talwar with wootz hilt and blade

With Persian style blade, showing Indian workmanship.

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Fine Peranakan belt buckle

This style was produced in Tangerang, just West of Batavia, now Jakarta.

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A Padri carbine

An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.

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Pōdāo with dragon tūnkǒu

With a large iron guard and hard wooden shaft.

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Chinese crescent tipped maces

A highly unusual set of paired maces with crescent tips.

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Silver overlaid talwar hilt

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

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Chinese garlic mace

Called suàntóu gǔduǒ in Mandarin, with characteristic brass head.

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made shuāng shǒudāo

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made saber

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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A Murut parapat

The sword of the Murut headhunters of northern Borneo.

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A streaked lin gin

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

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A "Mecca" Jambiya

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

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A remarkable Khond axe

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

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Double-edged Bhutanese dagger

With triple grooves and in heavy silver mountings.

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