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A rare Philippine fighting knife

A rare Philippine fighting knife, probably from Luzon island. It has a very well-made blade.

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A peudeueng peusangan

From the Aceh region, described locally as peudeueng peusangan with a "hulu meu apet" or Indian styled basket hilt.

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An Indian kard dagger

With a good quality wootz blade.

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A signed Vietnamese fighting saber

Presented in this article is a somewhat rare example of a purely practical Vietna

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All-metal ceremonial guom

With captured French blade, ground down to fit.

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An unusual dha

An unusual dha with features of various cultures.

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Exceptional Vietnamese saber

With mountings of meticulously worked copper with silver overlays

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16th century Vietnamese saber

Showing the strong Japanese influence on Vietnamese sword making of the time.

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Ancient Cham sword

In excavated condition. Probably 15th-17th century.

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Fine Vietnamese saber

Introduction Most antique Vietnamese sabers on the mar

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Vijayanagara hooded katar

With a shield that reminds of Deccan cuirasses.

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An Indian matchlock musket

A very fine, long and slender example with elaborate golden damascening.

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A Sinhalese kasthāné

An impressively large kasthāné, dating from the 18th century.

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An unusual pihiya (piha kaetta)

Probably from the late Kandyan period.

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Horn hilted Vietnamese officer's saber

An unusual Vietnamese officer saber of the 19th century, with an all-horn hilt.

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Vietnamese officer saber

General introduction Ornate Vietnamese guőm (

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Vietnamese matchlock

A nice example with fossil elephant or mastodon molar butt plates.

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Vietnamese musket with silver lock

Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.

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A fine Indian toradar with inlaid stock

General introduction A number of downsized Indian toradar with such lavish inl

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An ivory hilted kiem

The grip made of a single piece, worked in high relief.

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A Burmese dha with openwork handle

Made of a single piece of ivory, with a kneeling figure in its base.

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Very fine Sikin Panjang

With triple tiered golden crown with enamel decor.

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A talwar with "lehria" chevron blade

With chevron patterned blade of alternating types of steel.

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A Vietnamese kiem

A very good Vietnamese ceremonial kiem of the Nguyen dynasty.

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Bikaner war axe

Introduction This type of axe was part of the standard equipment of the

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Indian revolving musket

The main disadvantage of early firearms was the long time it took to reload them.

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Silver mounted Sumatran saber

With inscription that reads: Raja Pagaruyung or "ruler of Pagaruyung".

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Kayamkulam sword

Of the Malabar coast, South India.

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Chiseled iron bichuwa

The handle covered with gold damascening.

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Pedang suduk maru

Also known as pedang lurus.

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A south Indian spearhead

A large example of a type called sang.

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All steel / wootz dagger

The slender blade is made of flawless wootz steel in boldly contrasting shades of silver and dark grey.

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Bikaner elephant katar

Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory

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A Vietnamese straightsword kiem

With a substantial, quality blade.

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Heavy wootz hilted talwar

Introduction The talwar or talvār (Hindi) is

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A fine khanda with pierced hilt

Presented here is a beautiful khanda with an exceptionally fine pierced hilt.

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A fine Deccan chilanum

An exceptional example with a graceful hilt with a strong presence.

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Ten avatars of Vishnu katar

Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, took many mortal shapes, or "avatar"

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Vietnamese rattan shield

Called khiên in Vietnamese.

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Large all-steel khanda

Introduction The khanda represents one of the oldest forms of Indian sword

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A fine Indian sword

This one is for the connoisseur of blades.

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An exceptional khanda

With wootz blade and wootz Hindu basket hilt

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A spectacular Burmese dha

With overlays of vegetal motifs alternated with animals, actual and mythical.

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A fine bichuwa with gold decor

A north Indian bichuwa dagger with recurved blade and richly decorated hilt.

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Talwar with southern style hilt

With a curved hollow ground blade with a narrow dorsal groove and false backedge.

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A hooded Vijayanagara katar

A classic example of the 16th century.

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South Indian katar with Bikaner marks

An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.

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All-steel Bundi katar

The blade features a sunken panel with very finely chiseled "tree of life" motiff of small leaves.

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Deccan katar with Bikaner marks

With a hilt that is of typical southern form, with a cupped base and langets.

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Golden Bundi style katar

From the collection of Dr. Leo Figiel.

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Vietnamese ceremonial saber

A magnificent example of a Vietnamese ceremonial saber, or guőm.

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Dayak blowgun dart quiver

Introduction The Dayak people of Borneo used two to three meter long bl

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