Ottoman silver mounted kilic

A well-preserved example with the gold overlay almost entirely intact.

Unusual khukurī with gold grooves

With a very fine Nepalese blade, but kard-like hilt and scabbard.

A fine hanshee

Early type with very shallow notch in the blade and little flare in the pommel.

Fine mid Qing matchlock musket

With a golden damascened lock of the Indo-Portuguese type.

Chinese export lacquer box

A nice example with unusually fine lacquerwork and a monogram in the lid.

Rajput child katar

With ganga - jamni gold koftgari

Nepalese quill embroidery

Scabbards of antique Nepalese khora swords and khukurī knives sometimes exhibit a peculiar type of embroidery that uses quill strips from peacock feathers.

Signed Sikh talwar, dated 1838

Of Punjabi make, inscribed inside the knuckle guard as being presented by Sukhu Singh in 1838.

Very old mandau with stars

With exceptional, well crafted and heavy blade.

Solo court keris

With raised gold overlay and gilt-enamel

Punjabi khanda for court of Ratlam

The hilt carries an inscription dating it to 1841.

Large sipar fouladi (wootz shield)

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

A Fraser talwar from the Deccan

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

Rare imperial xièzhì decorated quiver

Xièzhì are mythical animals and were the emblem of the Qing censorate.

Caucasian silver niello miquelet pistol

Dagestani work from the town of Kubatchi, early to mid 19th century.

One of my favorite items...

... and it is not even a weapon!

Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

The hilt with overlay of the finest quality of the period

Jumyo katana with fine koshirae

The very detailed mountings are decorated with designs of Japanese spiny lobsters.

Chinese tiger shield

A large Chinese rattan shield called tengpai, used by special front-line troops.

Gilt duanjian with foreign blade

Unusual Chinese duanjian with fine gilt mounts and a blade of non-Chinese origin.

Nimble Vietnamese saber

With a narrow, double fullered blade and sharp tip and brass mounts in the earlier style.

Sulawesi sword with VOC blade

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

Tiger hilt sword with VOC blade

With Dutch VOC blade, marked with the Amsterdam monogram.

Preanger sword with VOC blade

Blade marked with VOC Amsterdam monogram, and the year 1769.

West-Javanese stiletto dagger

Early piece with an unusual European-style stiletto blade.

A katar from Sindh

With markings suggesting it was a wedding gift, presented in 1832.