Studded Eastern Tibetan dagger
Of Kham area regional style, with a grip studded with turquoises and corals.
Kutch shamshir for Benson
Blade of Persian shamshir form, but of Indian make. Mounts in Kutch style gilt copper.
A fine north Indian dagger
Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.
Palembang twist-core pedang
A Palembang style sword with a fine twist-core blade and carved hardwood scabbard.
Damascening
Inlaying or overlaying of gold or silver on another metal.
Sikkim "ban" sword
With finer forge folded blade than most of its type.
A finely forged kora
With very good pattern welded blade, complete with scabbard.
Twist-core steel
A type of pattern-welding using twisted rods of steel.
Huāwéngāng (花文鋼)
A type of pattern welding known in English as twist-core.
Zhibeidao with spectacular blade
Introduction to the type
This type of sword is referred to as zhibeidao (直背刀) or s
Tibetan shortsword with rare blade
With ce rong or "open ravines" pattern of zig-zag lines in the steel.
Chinese twistcore presentation saber
An unusually large presentation saber in the style of high-end Chinese military sabers.
Chinese saber with U-grooves
With twist-core steel and of early liuyedao form. Probably 17th century.
A talwar with "lehria" chevron blade
With chevron patterned blade of alternating types of steel.
Trousse with "horse-tooth" blade
Accomplished by bending the edge up and down alternately and polishing it smooth again.
Rare Chinese twistcore saber
Background
Most Chinese swords and sabers are made with a hard high carbon steel edge plate sandwich