All-metal Vietnamese kiem
A very rare ceremonial variety with copper scabbard inlaid with different alloys, and a brass blade.Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye
Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.Vietnamese crook handled cane
With a finely crafted silver handle with dragons and squirrels, mounted on a malacca cane.A Vietnamese Christian cross
Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.Ceremonial yem nguyệt đao
Modeled after the Chinese "guan dao", made of lacquered wood.Thanh gươm (劍)
Vietnamese for a ceremonial saber.Vietnamese officer gươm
With staghorn grip finely carved with plum blossoms.Very fine ceremonial gươm
An outstanding example with very fine silver and moth-of-pearl work.Vietnamese officer's gươm
Of a late 19th century type with a silver-backed hardwood grip.Matched Vietnamese kiếm pair
With carved stone handles and superb workmanship in silver and mother-of-pearl.Song kiếm (雙劍)
The Vietnamese double sword.Kiếm (劍)
The double-edged straightsword of Vietnam.Vietnamese straightsword
It has a narrow but sturdy blade with a springy temper.A Vietnamese straightsword kiem
With a substantial, quality blade.A Vietnamese kiem
A very good Vietnamese ceremonial kiem of the Nguyen dynasty.An ivory hilted kiem
The grip made of a single piece, worked in high relief.All-metal ceremonial guom
With captured French blade, ground down to fit.A signed Vietnamese fighting saber
Presented in this article is a somewhat rare example of a purely practical Vietnamese fighting saber,