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South Indian katar with Bikaner marks

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

€750,-
Chilanum dagger

Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true inlay".

€1500,-
A large pihiya kättha

A massive example weighing just over 800 grams. With scabbard.

€2500,-
All wootz kard dagger

With a hidden compartment for a small utility knife.

€2500,-
Chinese trousse in Mongolian style

With heavy pierced silver mounts in with archaic dragon designs.

€1200,-
Bhutanese dagger

With narrow blade and all brass mounts.

€300,-
Golden damascened boy's katar

A rare example with pattern welded blade, retaining its original scabbard.

€1500,-
A katar from Sindh

With markings suggesting it was a wedding gift, presented in 1832.

€6200,-
A Sinhalese knife

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

€300,-
A Deccan chilanum

With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.

€2300,-
A curved Deccan katar

With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.

€1500,-
A fine curved Deccan katar

With beautifully shaped blade and fine, elaborately chiseled hilt.

€3500,-
Large silver mounted khukuri

With pierced mounts and velvet-covered scabbard.

€450,-
A "dui chirra" khukuri

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

€625,-
An eccentric khukurī

With engraved spine and unusual all brass pommel.

€275,-
A humble service khukurī

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

€250,-
Ramree veteran khukurī

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

€400,-
A good old khukurī

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

€475,-
Half bone hilted khukurī

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

€350,-
19th century military khukurī

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

€350,-
An early sirupātē khukurī

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

€500,-
Large khukurī with inlaid hilt

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

€400,-
A trousse khukurī

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

€500,-
Khukurī in wooden scabbard

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

€450,-
A gilt Indian jambiya

With gilt-copper hilt and scabbard done in beautiful Kutch style repousse work.

€2200,-
A katar with true inlay decoration

Late 17th century. With wootz blade and enamel chape.

€3200,-
Gold mounted presentation khukurī

Thought to have been presented by the Royal House of Nepal.

€3000,-
A fine 19th century khukurī

With iron, silver overlaid hilt. Its associated scabbard features fine quillwork.

€2500,-
A fine north Indian dagger

Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.

€3800,-
A hanshee khukurī

A rare and sought-after type. This one comes in its original silver mounted scabbard.

€2300,-
An Acehnese rencong

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

€320,-
Wood hilted dahmjaun

With iron ferrule and copper and silver overlaid blade.

€400,-
Stone-hilted pesh-kabz

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

€1200,-
An early "piha-kaetta"

Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.

€1500,-
Sinhalese kirichchiya

With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.

€300,-
A fine, heavy piha kaetta

Of the chopper variety, with a finely carved ivory hilt.

€1650,-
A very good ul-pihiya

A Sinhalese knife with lavish silver mounts and overlay.

Reserved
Fine piha kaetta with velvet scabbard

A very fine example with beautifully chiseled silver pommel plate.

€2900,-