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.
A fine Korean eunjangdo
With all silver construction, including the blade.
Vijayanagara "pata"
A very early example of the type, with locally made rapier style blade.
A very good Philippine bolo
With beautifully carved horn grip.
North Indian katar with tools
With a fine wootz blade with a pronounced center ridge.
Southern Chinese double knives
With carved hardwood grips. Complete with pigskin scabbard.
Sinhalese knife and stylus
Fitting in a single scabbard. Modest for Sinhalese work.
A large pihiya kättha
A massive example weighing just over 800 grams. With scabbard.
Sumatran keris panjang
A type of long keris often described as "execution keris".
Bird head sewar dagger
A charming little sewar dagger from the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Silver Sinhalese ul-pihiya
A fine Kandyan knife, or ul-pihiya, probably mid 18th century.
Heavy Rajput katar
A heavy Indian katar with substantial armor piercing blade.
Chilanum dagger
With great sculptural qualities.
A Bikaner armory dagger
A rare, early south Indian dagger with Bikaner armory markings
Ottoman style dagger
Fine and unusual, with Italian renaissance style decoration.
South Indian katar with curved blade
A very crisp and complete example of its type.
Korean knife or eunjangdo
Description
A small Korean knife called eunjangdo, literally "silver knife".
Taiwanese aboriginal Rukai knife
Introduction
The Island of Taiwan was briefly under Dutch colonial rule in the 17th century, after which it
Chinese jade handled dagger
It has a solid pale green jade hilt that is fitted to a silver collar-piece.
Rare iconographic Mongolian style knife
Introduction
Many Mongols, the Khalkas in particular, had close ties with the Manchu ruling elite during th
A gilt katar with spiraled hilt
In a style associated with Maharao Raja Ram Singh.
A large and very good khanjarli
With lunette pommel of ivory plates.
Ottoman knife by Manceaux, Paris
Of superior quality manufacture, combining a mix of European and Ottoman taste.
Ancient Ba-Shu dagger
From approximately the 5th to 3rd century B.C.
Katar with dual percussion pistols
The katar is made of wootz steel and comes from Bikaner.
Taiwanese Aboriginal Pingpu knife
Introduction
The Island of Taiwan was briefly under Dutch colonial rule in the 17th century, after which it
Chinese trousse with inlaid iron mounts
Background
Sets with a knife and chopsticks -and sometimes some other utensils- were common all over the Qi
A large Indian karud dagger
Unusually large and with all-metal handle that opens with a screw.
Golden Bundi style katar
From the collection of Dr. Leo Figiel.
Deccan katar with Bikaner marks
With a hilt that is of typical southern form, with a cupped base and langets.
All-steel Bundi katar
The blade features a sunken panel with very finely chiseled "tree of life" motiff of small leaves.
South Indian katar with Bikaner marks
An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.
A hooded Vijayanagara katar
A classic example of the 16th century.
A fine bichuwa with gold decor
A north Indian bichuwa dagger with recurved blade and richly decorated hilt.
Silver mounted Ottoman dagger
Description
A nice Balkan Ottoman dagger of a type called hançer (Turkish) or
Ten avatars of Vishnu katar
Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, took many mortal shapes, or "avatar"
A fine Deccan chilanum
Introduction
Arguably one of the most beautiful forms of daggers, chilanum are fun
Bikaner elephant katar
Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory
A silver-niello Ottoman bichaq
Description
An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like a yatağan, the swor
All steel / wootz dagger
The slender blade is made of flawless wootz steel in boldly contrasting shades of silver and dark grey.
A wide Chinese fighting knife
With the relatively rare feature of a raised backedge.
Chinese trousse set with glass trinkets
Introduction
Sets with a knife and chopsticks and sometimes some other utensils were common all over the Qi
A large Manchu knife
Introduction
The Manchu rulers of the Qing dynasty (1644 - 1912) originated in northeast China where their
Chiseled iron bichuwa
The handle covered with gold damascening.
Ottoman bichaq (knife)
Description
An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like a miniature yata
