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Lion pommel kothimora khukurī logo

Lion pommel kothimora khukurī

Unusual example with hilts carved in lionesque heads.
Bone hilted kothimora khukuri logo

Bone hilted kothimora khukurī

The pierced silver mounts with parcel gilding and red velvet backing.
Khyber sword

Khyber knife

The English name for the peculiar slashing weapon used around the Khyber pass.
Jumonji yari logo

Jūmonji yari (十文字槍)

Japanese word for a cross shaped spear
Chinese repeating crossbow logo

Zhūgénǔ (诸葛弩) or "cho-ku-nu"

Chinese word for a repeating crossbow
Huyadao logo

Hǔyádāo (虎牙刀), "tiger tooth sword"

Mandarin name of a Chinese-edged weapon with a 1:1 hilt-blade ratio.
Tarah-i-khara logo

Tarah-i-khāra (तरह इ खर)

Hindu name for a heavy type of heavy bodkin
Sipar logo

Sipar (سپر/सीपर)

Persian word for shield.
Kachin Ntugalu sword

Ntugalu

Kachin name for a long straight sword.
Mainsa dha logo

Mainsa dha

Term coined by Bell in 1907, describing a dha that by then was mainly of Chinese make.
Hachiwari logo

Hachiwari (鉢割)

Language: Japanese
Origin: Old literature

Parang latok logo

Parang latok

A peculiar land Dayak sword with a sharp bend in the blade.
Waitsum logo

Waitsum

Language: Khasi
Source: In common use

Nias si euli logo

Si euli / Si oli

A type of knife from the North of Nias.
Ifugao hinalung

Hinālung

Ifugao word for a double-edged knife or shortsword with a socket hilt.
Gari matuwa logo

Gari matuwà

South Nias word for a specific type of sword.
Kuttom-ushbe logo

Kuttom-ushbe

Ainu word for a long knife worn in the belt.
Ainu sword logo 2

Emushi

Ainu word for sword
Ainu makiri knife logo

Makiri

Ainu word for a knife.
Moplah logo

Moplah (sword)

Sword of the Mapilla Muslims of the Malabar Coast, South India.
Yari logo

Yari (槍)

Japanese word for spear or spearhead
Garo milam dao

Milam

A peculiar double-edged sword of the Garo people.
Yanthang sword logo

Yanthang

Lotha Naga word for a group of large obsolete dao used in ceremonies.
Noklang logo

Noklang

Ao Naga word for a number of large, archaic swords used in ceremonies.
Khasi dao logo

Khasi dao

A peculiar type of two-handed sword from the Khasi Hills, Assam.
Piso raout

Piso raout

A small utility knife used on the island of Borneo. Often carried with the Dayak mandau.
Maori taiaha war staff

Taiaha / Hani

Maori two-handed club
Uchigatana logo

Uchigatana (打刀)

Japanese word for a single-handed curved sword, the predecessor of the katana.
Persian spearhead

Neyze (نیزه )

Persian word for spear/lance.
Command arrow logo

Lìngjiàn (令箭) or "Command Arrow"

A special arrow used to prove one's authority.
Dayak dart logo

Tepus

A variety of Dayak blowgun dart.
Dayak blowgun dart logo

Damek

Dayak name for a blowgun dart
Dayak blowgun

Sumpitan

Malay name for the Dayak blowgun.
Vietnamese matchlock musket logo

Súng hỏa mai

Vietnamese word for matchlock musket.
Pattissa

Paṭṭiśaḥ (पट्टिश)

Language: Sanskrit
Origin: Dhanurveda of circa 1100-800 B.C.

Made maru logo

Māḍū (माडू) (Márú / Maduvu)

Marathi word for a parrying weapon consisting of two antelope horns.
Parang beladah logo

Parang beladeh / parang belabang

A curved saber from the southern part of the island of Borneo.
Parang ilang logo

Duku apang

Iban (Sea Dayak) word for parang ilang, a.k.a. mandau, the Borneo headhunter's sword.
Daku logo

Duku

Iban (Sea Dayak) word for sword.
Jamdhar doulicaneh logo

Jamdhar doulicaneh

A double-pointed push dagger.
Chinese garlic head mace logo

Suàntóu gūduǒ (蒜頭骨朵)

Literally "garlic mace", the name of a mace with a bulbous head.
Duanjian logo

Duǎnjiàn (短劍)

The Chinese word for a short straightsword.
Kalasan

Kalasan

A type of Batak sword
Kay-yan javelin

Kay-yan

A type of javelin used by the Igorot headhunters of Luzon.
Sinalawitan javelin

Sinalawitan

A type of multi-barbed javelin used by the Igorot of Luzon.
Fal-feg Igorot war javelin

Falfeg

An Igorot barbed war javelin.
Igorot fang-kao javelin

Fang-kao

An Igorot javelin type with a wide, barbless head.
Pakayun logo

Pakayun

Commonly used name for the sword of the Muruts, headhunters of northern Borneo.
Peudeueng logo

Peudeueng

An Acehnese type of saber