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.
Language: Sanskrit
Origin: Dhanurveda of circa 1100-800 B.C.
Indonesian word meaning "curved sword".
Indonesian term meaning "straight sword". Often used to describe a specific silver-clad shortsword.
Sinhala for grooves on a blade. (Fullers).
Literally "waist-worn-saber".
An Acehnese type of saber
A type of axe associated with the Khond people of India.
A distinctive type of European military saber, used from the early 19th to early 20th century.
A small utility knife used on the island of Borneo. Often carried with the Dayak mandau.
A saber associated with the Pashtuns of present-day Afghanistan.
Qing Chinese for the mouthpiece of a scabbard.
Qing Chinese for the suspension bar on a scabbard.
Blade of a Maori taiaha war club
Historical Chinese term for an iron chain weapon.
Japanese term for a sword with the highest rated cutting ability.
Japanese word for a sword construction with a center high carbon edge plate.
Sinhala for the head of a mythical bird. Often used as sword ornament.
Persian word for a deeply curved sword with narrow blade.
Burmese word for the Shan sword with pointed blade.