A gilt Indian jambiya
With gilt-copper hilt and scabbard done in beautiful Kutch style repousse work.
Sinhalese ul-pihiya
A rare example retaining its original silver covered scabbard.
Khukurī in wooden scabbard
The scabbard carved as to closely mimic a tooled leather scabbard.
A trousse khukurī
Its scabbard with 12 pockets, with 10 of the items remaining.
Khukurī with inlaid hilt
Late 19th century with a good, well-made blade.
An early sirupātē khukurī
With a heavy blade of elegant slender form. Complete with tools.
19th century military khukurī
A workhorse with a stamped mark at the base of the blade.
Half bone hilted khukurī
With wide blade and a two-tone hilt in cattle bone and wood, capped with brass.
A good old khukurī
Of late 19th century make, with a very good blade.
Ramree veteran khukurī
Signed: Ricky Milnes, India 44, Burma 44, Ramree 45.
The khukri of Peter L. Achard
Also known as kothimora khukuri, in a scabbard with repousse silver mounts.
A humble service khukurī
A 19th-century piece with a simple blade but nicely carved hilt.
An eccentric khukurī
With engraved spine and unusual all brass pommel.
Heavy Sino-Vietnamese dagger
With a very thick and heavy blade and nicely worked brass mounts.
A "dui chirra" khukuri
Named so after the two ridges that are formed on the bi-fullered blade.
A fine budhune khukurī
A fat-bellied variety of the Nepalese khukurī with mirror polished blade and iron handle with fine silver overlay.
Silver khukuri with bone grip
Often called "kothimora khukuri", with scabbards mounted in repousse and pierced silver.
Large tin chirra kothimora khukuri
An exceptionally large example with a desirable three fullered blade.
A fine mutiny era khukuri
An understated, elegant khukuri of substantial proportions with fine pattern welded blade.
Large silver mounted khukuri
With pierced mounts and velvet-covered scabbard.
A silver clad khukuri
With fine silver mounts worked in repousse with designs of flowers and foliage.
Early chilanum hilt
An old bronze hilt in the shape of chilanum hilts.
Simple hooded katar
Of a type that is strongly associated with the Vijayanagara empire.
A fine curved Deccan katar
With beautifully shaped blade and fine, elaborately chiseled hilt.
A curved Deccan katar
With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.
A Deccan chilanum
With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.
Katar with complex ribbed blade
A substantial example, of elegant form, with a complex grooved blade.
South Indian loop hilted dagger
Introduction
Indian loop hilted dagger are generally called bichuwa (बिछुवा ) which literally mean
Studded Eastern Tibetan dagger
Of Kham area regional style, with a grip studded with turquoises and corals.
A Sinhalese knife
Rarely seen today, a commoner's example with carved, bone hilt.
Unusual khanjarli
With straight blade and two opposing Yali chiseled out of the forte of the blade.
Gold mounted presentation khukurī
Thought to have been presented by the Royal House of Nepal.
A silver mounted khukuri
Of the 19th century, with fine pierced scabbard mouthpiece.
A katar from Sindh
With markings suggesting it was a wedding gift, presented in 1832.
Fine Bhutanese dagger
With heavy silver mounts, pierced and chiseled.
A katar from Bundi
The style typical for royal katar made under Maharao Ram Singh.
Silver inlaid Deccan katar
An impressive example with true inlays in silver in the hilt.
18th century northern katar
With high-contrast wootz blade and fine damascening in two tones of gold.
Golden damascened boy's katar
A rare example with pattern welded blade, retaining its original scabbard.
Bhutanese dagger
With narrow blade and all brass mounts.
Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife
A Chinese style fighting knife probably made in Yunnan or Vietnam.
Double-edged Bhutanese dagger
With triple grooves and in heavy silver mountings.
Persian "khanjar" dagger
With finely chiseled steel hilt and scabbard
A South Indian khanjarli
A fine, early example with silver-plated details.
Balinese keris with stones in gold
Undulating bilah blade of eleven luk.
Chinese trousse in Mongolian style
With heavy pierced silver mounts in with archaic dragon designs.
All wootz kard dagger
With a hidden compartment for a small utility knife.
Fine Burmese dha hmyaung
With intricately carved ivory hilt depicting a demon on a horse.
Boy's katar
A miniature piece meant for use by a small boy.