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Chinese demon head saber
Based on a Chinese military saber blade, with unusual horn demon hilt
Shihōzume-gitae (四方詰め鍛え)
Japanese word for a sword construction with a high carbon edge, low carbon core, medium carbon sides and a separate back.
Hon-sanmai-gitae (本三枚鍛え)
Japanese word for a sword construction with a high carbon edge plate under a soft core, flanked by medium steel.
Sanmai-gitae (三枚鍛え)
Japanese word for a sword construction with a center high carbon edge plate.
Wariha-gitae / wariba-gitea (割刃鍛え)
Japanese term for a sword construction with an inserted edge made of higher carbon steel.
Hyoshigi-gitae (拍子木鍛え)
Japanese term for a sword construction with an edge made of higher carbon steel.
Maru-gitae (丸鍛え)
Japanese word for a basic blade construction consisting of one type of steel.
Shin jūgomai kōbuse-gitae (真十五枚甲伏鍛え)
Japanese sword construction that is was found inscribed on some tangs.
Kōbuse-gitae (甲伏せ鍛え)
Japanese word for a sword construction with high carbon steel outer jacket around a softer core.
Bekhu
Nias name for the monkey-like figure carved on some sword hilts.
Kanetuhu / Etuhu
Ainu words for the point of a knife or sword.
Mekkashike
Ainu word for the back of a knife, or sword. Also the ridge of a mountain or house.
Ibehe
Ibehe is an Ainu word for a knife or sword blade.
Nioi (匂)
Japanese word for fine martensite crystals in the blade's temperline.
Nie (沸)
Japanese word for martensite crystals that form in blade under certain conditions.
Yoki Wazamono / Ryō-wazamono (良業物)
Japanese term for a sword with the third highest rated cutting ability.
Ō Wazamono (大業物)
Japanese term for a sword with the second highest rated cutting ability.
Saijō Ō Wazamono (最上大業物)
Japanese term for a sword with the highest rated cutting ability.
Wazamono (業物)
Japanese term for a sword that is tested to cut well.
Tametsugu (為継)
A Japanese swordsmith in the Shōshū tradition.
Sōshū sword with tachi koshirae
Tokubetsu Hozon, attributed to Den Tametsugu. With fine itomaki no tachi koshirae.
Itomaki no tachi (糸巻太刀)
Japanese term for a type of tachi koshirae.
Allūbung
Ifugao word for a woven rattan covering on handles and shafts.
Hālung
Ifugao word for a rolled up tang hilt
Hinālung
Ifugao word for a double-edged knife or shortsword with a socket hilt.
Batad Ifugao hinālung
Rare double-edged shortsword of the Ifugao of northern Luzon.
Gari matuwà
South Nias word for a specific type of sword.
South Nias gari matuwà
A nice belatu with the rarer gari matuwà style blade.
Lasara
Nias word for the monster head that the people of Nias carved.
Later South Nias belatu
Nice and complete example with talisman basket. Probably 20th century.
Ainu sword with sash
With deeply carved scabbard, complete with fine guard embroidered sash.
Knives and swords of the Ainu
19th-century ethnographers noticed that they had no iron production and relied solely on trade for articles like knives and swords. However, archaeologists found iron working facilities in 1988 and 1990.
Slender hudiedao pair
A classic example of the narrow military type, with brass guards.
Hudiedao set with scabbard
Classic pair of Southern Chinese butterfly swords.
Emushi
Ainu word for sword
Qing twistcore peidao
A fine twistcore blade in standard pattern Qing military mounts.
Group of arms from Tonkin
Probably from the French Tonkin campaign of the 1880s.
Gilt duanjian with foreign blade
Unusual Chinese duanjian with fine gilt mounts and a blade of non-Chinese origin.
Malabar coast Moplah sword
A fine and somewhat unusual specimen, with engraved brass mounts and hardwood grip.
NBTHK Japanese sword papers
An introduction to NBTHK Japanese sword certifications and rankings.
Moplah (sword)
Sword of the Mapilla Muslims of the Malabar Coast, South India.
Kunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut
A wakizashi by master Kunikiyo, tested by the most famous sword tester of 17th century Japan.
Kunikiyo (國清)
A line of Japanese swordsmiths working in Echizen.
Bizen Sukesada
A group of sword makers in Bizen, Japan, active in the Muromachi period.
Yosōzaemon jo Sukesada (与三左衛門尉祐定)
A Japanese swordsmith from Osafune, Bizen, who lived from 1466-1542.
Sukesada uchigatana made August 1523
With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.
Handachi mounted wakizashi
With Nanban-style guard and kozuka. Signed Fujiwara Hisayoshi.
Balatu salà
South Nias word for a specific type of sword.
Niòbawa lawölò
Nias word for zoomorphic sword hilts with an open mouth with fangs.
A South Nias belatu salà
Rare sword from the headhunters of Nias. Complete with talismanic basket and belt hook.
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