Long Way Dayak name for a type of mandau tip.
Sword of the Mapilla Muslims of the Malabar Coast, South India.
A Japanese swordsmith who lived between 1650-1730.
Japanese word for the tang of a sword
Persian word for spear/lance.
Japanese word for martensite crystals that form in blade under certain conditions.
Nias word for zoomorphic sword hilts with an open mouth with fangs.
Japanese word for fine martensite crystals in the blade's temperline.
A late form of Chinese saber with a pronounced widening at the tip.
Ao Naga word for a number of large, archaic swords used in ceremonies.
Kachin name for a long straight sword.
Japanese term for a sword with the second highest rated cutting ability.
Tibetan word for a sword worn at the waist.
Commonly used name for the sword of the Muruts, headhunters of northern Borneo.
A curved saber from the southern part of the island of Borneo.
Widely used name for a hollow-ground Indonesian headhunter sword. (A.k.a. mandau).
A peculiar land Dayak sword with a sharp bend in the blade.
Widely used but incorrect name for the parang beladah, a type of saber from the southern part of Kalimantan.
The sword of the Murut, headhunters of northern Borneo.
An Indian gauntlet sword.
Dzongkha name for the Bhutanese sword.
Alternative name for a Sinhalese processional polearm.
See patisthānaya below.
A Sinhalese processional polearm.
Language: Sanskrit
Origin: Dhanurveda of circa 1100-800 B.C.
Indonesian word meaning "curved sword".