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Thai double swords

With dramatically shaped blades and inlaid hilts.

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Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye

Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.

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The O.T. Burne dha

With silver overlaid blade and silver mounts worked in repousse. With some of Burne's personal items.

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Palembang twist-core pedang

A Palembang style sword with a fine twist-core blade and carved hardwood scabbard.

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Very good sikin panjang

Its blade with very fine and complex pamor, brought out by a polish.

€2200,-
A Murut parapat

The sword of the Murut headhunters of northern Borneo.

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A streaked lin gin

These ornate versions with hairpin forged blades were worn by local royalty.

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SE Asian dha (carbon 14 dated)

In excavated condition. With XRF and radiocarbon dating results.

€600,-
An old dha (carbon 14 dated)

Found in excavated condition, published with results of c-14 and XRF analysis.

€1100,-
The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha

Collected by a Russian prince from the hill peoples of central Vietnam in 1892.

€1500,-
An excavated dha sword

With heavy blade and copper alloy hilt and lobed guard.

€700,-
Acehnese peudeueng

With Hindu style basket hilt and local blade in European style.

€1100,-
A Karo Batak kalasan sword

An almost textbook example of a silver-plated kalasan.

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Toba Batak sword

With cast-bronze guarding figure hilt.

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Sikin panjang with golden crown

In original condition and period finish. Some losses, no repairs.

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Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.

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A Palembang sword with British blade

With finely carved horn hilt, silver mounts and reshaped European blade.

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French sword for the King of Siam

With a Parisian blade carrying the royal emblem of King Rama IV.

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A fine Kayan mandau

With less common wooden hilt and elaborately inlaid blade in brass, copper and silver.

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A Kenyah mandau

The famous sidearm of the headhunters of Borneo.

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A fine south Nias telögu

With rare pale buffalo horn hilt with gold alloy inlays.

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Brass mounted Thai dáap

A charming and somewhat unusual example of a Thai dáap (ดาบ).

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Plain mounted Mindan dha

Plain when sheathed, unsheathing reveals a rather nice silver overlaid blade.

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Early silver Burmese dha

With elaborate silver overlaid blade and inlaid iron hilt.

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Burmese silver overlaid dha

On a sturdy, user-grade blade with temper line.

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A Kenyah Dayak mandau sword

The sword and everyday tool of the headhunters of Borneo.

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Tribal Kachin dha

A typical example with a nice forge folded blade with differential heat treatment.

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Parang nabur with báitóng hilt

These sabers from Kalimantan exhibit a mix of European, Islamic, and local styles.

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Fine Chinese Shan dha

Entirely clad in silver and with a differentially heat treated blade.

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A Mindan / Yamethin dha

With fine overlaid blade this area was known for.

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Large Shan dha

With silver-clad scabbard executed in their typical style.

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Mindan dha with agate pommel

Its blade portraying the story of one of the previous lives of Guatama Buddha.

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Burmese dha dated 1928

A nice example that can serve as a benchmark to help date others.

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A Sumbawa Kabeala

With broad silver-clad scabbard, worked entirely in repousse.

€1250,-
Vietnamese officer gươm

With staghorn grip finely carved with plum blossoms.

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Very fine ceremonial gươm

An outstanding example with very fine silver and moth-of-pearl work.

€3400,-
Fine Burmese dha hmyaung

With intricately carved ivory hilt depicting a demon on a horse.

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Vietnamese officer's gươm

Of a late 19th century type with a silver-backed hardwood grip.

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Ceremonial gươm truòng

Of an all-wooden construction, simulating a sheathed long saber.

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Burmese double knives

A rare set of twin knives in a single scabbard.

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The Rundle dha of 1898

A signed and dated Burmese dha.

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Ivory hilted dha

An earlier example with an iconographic hilt.

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Burmese sword carbine

A rare Burmese weapon combining a percussion carbine with a short sword.

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Matched Vietnamese kiếm pair

With carved stone handles and superb workmanship in silver and mother-of-pearl.

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Triple golden crown sikin

A sikin panjang with a triple golden crown.

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Sikin panjang with double crown

A typical example of the better sikin panjang with a golden crown.

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Chinese Shan presentation dha

Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.

€2000,-
A Shan Kachin style dha

A large Kachin style square-ended dha in Shan style mountings.

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Vietnamese double swords

A rare combination of full-length double Vietnamese swords with live blades.

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A heavy Burmese dha

With a very good, substantial blade with differential heat treatment.

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Large Vietnamese trường đao

Of very good quality for this type of weapon.

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Vietnamese straightsword

It has a narrow but sturdy blade with a springy temper.

€2600,-