Kiyou Toujin tsuba (崎陽唐人鐔)

Japanese style sword guards made by Chinese craftsmen in Nagasaki.

Manceaux à Paris

A notable French arms manufacturer who also made fine presentation weapons in Asian styles.

Tevfik the leather binder

An Ottoman leather binder who in 1866 - 1867 covered a bow made by Haci Gavsî in 1824 - 1825.

Haci gavsî the bowyer

Signed an Ottoman bow made in late 1824 or 1825.

Measurements of a Manchu bow

Made in the famous Changxing workshop in Chengdu, which as the subject of Tan Danjiong's (T'an Tan-Chiung) "Investigative Report on Bow and Arrow Manufacture in Chengdu"

A Chinese bow by Changxing

Rare extant work of a famous workshop in Chengdu.

Ottoman knife by Manceaux, Paris

Of superior quality manufacture, combining a mix of European and Ottoman taste.

A silver-niello Ottoman bichaq

Description

An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like a yatağan

The Demon Repeller - Talisman sword

Introduction

The Chinese straightsword or jian (劍) was the side arm