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A humble service khukurī

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

€250,-
Afghan sickle, called lohar

Of typical design, forged from one piece of iron, overlaid with brass on one side.

€275,-
An eccentric khukurī

With engraved spine and unusual all brass pommel.

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Bhutanese dagger

With narrow blade and all brass mounts.

€300,-
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,-
19th century military khukurī

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

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Ramree veteran khukurī

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

€400,-
Large khukurī with inlaid hilt

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

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Tibetan spearhead

Of slender type with a chiseled iron knot shaped bolster.

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Pashtun dagger

With blonde horn grip scales and brass plated scabbard.

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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 good old khukurī

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

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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,-
Sabiki or "Wahhabite jambiya"

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

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Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao

A simple piece, but with a nicely etched blade typical for the Tibetan / Sichuan borderlands.

€575,-
Ottoman Kurdish kalkan

A small, heavily reinforced buckler as used by Ottoman Kurdish infantry.

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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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Rare Ottoman war arrow

With a small, barbed armor-piercing point and early style painted shaft.

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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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A "dui chirra" khukuri

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

€625,-
Three Tibetan armor mirrors

Of domed shape with upturned rim and indigo cotton lining.

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A "Mecca" Jambiya

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

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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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Talwar with Mamluk style blade

In Punjabi style hilt, with elaborately chiseled blade.

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Tibetan dpa'dam or backsword

A fine eastern Tibetan example with silver braided scabbard mounts.

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Sikkim "ban" sword

With finer forge folded blade than most of its type.

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Yatağan dated 1790-1791

An old warhorse with several repairs.

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A silver mounted khukuri

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

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A fine pattern welded kora

Short but substantial, with its protruding tip it's rather mace-like.

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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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Persian wootz spearhead

Made using Persian wootz. Pronounced features, chiseled socket.

€1200,-
A finely forged kora

With very good pattern welded blade, complete with scabbard.

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A fine mutiny era khukuri

An understated, elegant khukuri of substantial proportions with fine layered blade.

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Silver mounted Ottoman dagger

Description A nice Balkan Ottoman dagger of a type called hançer

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Ottoman bichaq (knife)

Description An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like

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Ottoman bow with siper and arrows

Description A rare Ottoman bow that has seen better days.

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A large Tibetan sword (dpa'dam)

Description A large Tibetan sword or dpa'dam, representing its classic form.

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A silver-niello Ottoman bichaq

Description An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like a yata

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Bhutanese sword in tribal scabbard

With early pierced iron pommel and a style of scabbard worn in Arunachal Pradesh.

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Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

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A rare shortsword from Eastern Tibet

Description An interesting Tibetan shortsword with acute point.

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A fine 19th century khukurī

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

€1800,-
A fine budhune khukurī

A fat-bellied variety of the Nepalese khukurī with mirror polished blade and iron handle with fine silver overlay.

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Antique wootz Qur'an box

Description This very well-made box is entirely made of wootz steel.

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Fine Bhutanese dozum

With heavy mounts executed in silver.

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A Persian crescent axe

With lacquered shaft. Previously sold at Sotheby's in 1985.

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Afghan military saber

With an armory stamp dated Hijri 1326, corresponding to about 1908.

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Persian wootz double spearhead

Finely crafted wootz blade, and golden inlays at the base.

€2000,-
Unusual Indian zulfiqar sword

With bifurcated S-shaped blade in talwar hilt.

€2000,-