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Vietnamese knife

A simple early 20th-century fighting dagger with ribbed grip.

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A humble service khukurī

A 19th-century piece with a simple blade but nicely carved hilt.

€250,-
An eccentric khukurī

With engraved spine and unusual all brass pommel.

€275,-
A Sinhalese knife

Rarely seen today, a commoner's example with carved, bone hilt.

€300,-
Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife

A Chinese style fighting knife probably made in Yunnan or Vietnam.

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Bhutanese dagger

With narrow blade and all brass mounts.

€300,-
Sinhalese kirichchiya

With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.

€300,-
An Acehnese rencong

A peculiar form of dagger found on the northern part of the island of Sumatra.

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Pesh kabz with horn plated hilt

An excellently designed thrusting dagger with T-spine and sharp tip.

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Half bone hilted khukurī

With wide blade and a two-tone hilt in cattle bone and wood, capped with brass.

€350,-
Bird head sewar dagger

A charming little sewar dagger from the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Balinese keris

A classic example with an older blade and timaha wood scabbard.

€350,-
19th century military khukurī

A workhorse with a stamped mark at the base of the blade.

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Boy's katar

A miniature piece meant for use by a small boy.

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Wood hilted dahmjaun

With iron ferrule and copper and silver overlaid blade.

€400,-
Ramree veteran khukurī

Signed: Ricky Milnes, India 44, Burma 44, Ramree 45.

€400,-
Heavy Sino-Vietnamese dagger

With a very thick and heavy blade and nicely worked brass mounts.

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Old Madura keris

With carved wooden hilt with a beautiful deep patina. Blade in old finish.

€400,-
A Sinhalese kirichchiya

A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.

€400,-
Large khukurī with inlaid hilt

Late 19th century with a good, well-made blade.

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Korean knife or eunjangdo

Description A small Korean knife called eunjangdo, literally "

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Pashtun dagger

With blonde horn grip scales and brass plated scabbard.

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Simple hooded katar

Of a type that is strongly associated with the Vijayanagara empire.

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Early chilanum hilt

An old bronze hilt in the shape of chilanum hilts.

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Khukurī in wooden scabbard

The scabbard carved as to closely mimic a tooled leather scabbard.

€450,-
Large silver mounted khukuri

With pierced mounts and velvet-covered scabbard.

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A large Manchu knife

Of a type also issued to the Qing Vanguard.

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A good old khukurī

Of late 19th century make, with a very good blade.

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Jamdhar katari

A Hindu dagger following an ancient style that was preserved in Afghanistan.

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Sumatran keris panjang

A type of long keris often described as "execution keris".

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Sabiki or "Wahhabite jambiya"

With a long, sword-like blade characteristic of this type. With original belt.

€500,-
An early sirupātē khukurī

With a heavy blade of elegant slender form. Complete with tools.

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A trousse khukurī

Its scabbard with 12 pockets, with 10 of the items remaining.

€500,-
A large Indian karud dagger

Unusually large and with all-metal handle that opens with a screw.

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Good Vietnamese dagger

An unusually ornate version of what is normally a very simple weapon.

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Chinese trousse set with glass trinkets

Introduction Sets with a knife and chopsticks and sometimes some other utensils were co

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A silver clad khukuri

With fine silver mounts worked in repousse with designs of flowers and foliage.

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The khukri of Peter L. Achard

Also known as kothimora khukuri, in a scabbard with repousse silver mounts.

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Sinhalese knife and stylus

Fitting in a single scabbard. Modest for Sinhalese work.

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A "dui chirra" khukuri

Named so after the two ridges that are formed on the bi-fullered blade.

€625,-
A "Mecca" Jambiya

A style of dagger often associated with the pilgrimage to Mecca.

€650,-
Southern Chinese double knives

With carved hardwood grips. Complete with pigskin scabbard.

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Silver khukuri with bone grip

Often called "kothimora khukuri", with scabbards mounted in repousse and pierced silver.

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South Indian katar with Bikaner marks

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

€750,-
A northern katar in southern style

Exhibiting southern style beaded edges with northern style construction and gold.

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A silver mounted khukuri

Of the 19th century, with fine pierced scabbard mouthpiece.

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An Indian kard dagger

With a good quality wootz blade.

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A Bikaner armory dagger

A rare, early south Indian dagger with Bikaner armory markings

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A fine Chinese trousse set

In emerald green scabbard and with fan case.

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An unusual pihiya (piha kaetta)

Probably from the late Kandyan period.

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Stone-hilted pesh-kabz

A very large example with a strongly reinforced tip and stone handle scales.

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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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