Silver overlaid Tibetan shortsword

With a rare, finely forged double hairpin blade.

Early twistcore peidao

Of the early 17th century with high precision twist core forged blade.

Explosion pattern weld talwar

A Marwari talwar with an exceptional pattern welded blade.

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.

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.

Zhibeidao with spectacular blade

Introduction to the type

This type of sword is referred to as zhibeidao 

Tibetan shortsword with rare blade

With ce rong or "open ravines" pattern of zig-zag lines in the steel.

Heavy wootz hilted talwar

Introduction

The talwar or talvār (Hindi) is th

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 twist-core saber

Introduction

The peidao (佩刀) or yaodao (腰刀)

Rare Chinese twistcore saber

Background

Most Chinese swords and sabers are made with a hard high carbon steel edge plate