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A humble service khukurī

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

€250,-
Sinhalese kirichchiya

With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.

€300,-
Bhutanese dagger

With narrow blade and all brass mounts.

€300,-
A Sinhalese knife

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

€300,-
Half bone hilted khukurī

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

€350,-
A Sinhalese kirichchiya

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

€400,-
Ramree veteran khukurī

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

€400,-
Khukurī in wooden scabbard

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

€450,-
Rare beladau lebar dagger

A rare type of dagger from South Kalimantan, loosely based on Islamic daggers seen worn by traders.

€475,-
A trousse khukurī

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

€500,-
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.

Reserved
South Indian katar with Bikaner marks

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

€650,-
Polished Sino-Vietnamese dagger

A heavy Sin-Vietnamese fighting knife, with recently polished blade.

€675,-
Broad Vietnamese knife

Broad bladed example with horn hilt and engraved blade.

€900,-
An early "piha-kaetta"

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

€1500,-
A fine, heavy piha kaetta

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

€1650,-
A fine 19th century khukurī

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

€1800,-
Sinhalese coral hilted knife

Also known as piha-kaetta, this is more correctly a pihiya.

€2200,-
Chilanum dagger

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

€2300,-
Central Asian dated kard 1709

With wootz blade inlaid in gold with the name of the maker and the owner.

€2600,-
Gold mounted presentation khukurī

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

€3000,-
A katar with true inlay decoration

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

€3200,-
A fine curved Deccan katar

With beautifully shaped blade and fine, elaborately chiseled hilt.

€3500,-
A fine north Indian dagger

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

€3600,-
Khmer dagger

A rare thousand-year-old dagger from the Khmer empire.

€5600,-
Balinese keris of Ferdinand Blok

The 9-luk blade of strong proportions is engraved with the face of a demon.

€7000,-