A hanshee khukurī
A rare and sought-after type. This one comes in its original silver mounted scabbard.
SoldA fine 19th century khukurī
With iron, silver overlaid hilt. Its associated scabbard features fine quillwork.
€1800,-Tibetan mail shirt, helmet and mirrors
Collected by American anthropologist Melvyn Goldstein in the 1980s.
SoldA fine budhune khukurī
A fat-bellied variety of the Nepalese khukurī with mirror polished blade and iron handle with fine silver overlay.
SoldKusari katabira zukin
Japanese mail set, with small ring vest and coif sewn to a thick cotton undergarment.
SoldGold mounted presentation khukurī
Thought to have been presented by the Royal House of Nepal.
€2500,-A very rare Japanese knife
With a blade with a concave edge, in stained deerhorn mounts with fine silver wire inlays.
SoldHalf bone hilted khukurī
With wide blade and a two-tone hilt in cattle bone and wood, capped with brass.
SoldThe khukri of Peter L. Achard
Also known as kothimora khukuri, in a scabbard with repousse silver mounts.
SoldSilver khukuri with bone grip
Often called "kothimora khukuri", with scabbards mounted in repousse and pierced silver.
SoldLarge tin chirra kothimora khukuri
An exceptionally large example with a desirable three fullered blade.
ReservedA silver clad khukuri
With fine silver mounts worked in repousse with designs of flowers and foliage.
SoldSino-Vietnamese fighting knife
A Chinese style fighting knife probably made in Yunnan or Vietnam.
SoldChinese trousse in Mongolian style
With heavy pierced silver mounts in with archaic dragon designs.
Sold17th century armored vest
An extremely rare sleeveless vest from the Ming-Qing transition period.
GalleryTaiwanese aboriginal Rukai knife
A fine example with mother-or-pearl decorated hilt and scabbard.
GalleryChinese jade handled dagger
It has a solid pale green jade hilt that is fitted to a silver collar-piece.
SoldRare iconographic Mongolian style knife
Introduction Many Mongols, the Khalkas in particular, had close ties with the Manchu ru
SoldTaiwanese Aboriginal Pingpu knife
Introduction The Island of Taiwan was briefly under Dutch colonial rule in the 17th cen
SoldChinese trousse with inlaid iron mounts
Background Sets with a knife and chopsticks -and sometimes some other utensils- were co
SoldTibetan helmet with armor
Description Presented in this article is a Tibetan eight-plate helmet w
SoldChinese trousse set with glass trinkets
Introduction Sets with a knife and chopsticks and sometimes some other utensils were co
SoldTrousse with "horse-tooth" blade
Accomplished by bending the edge up and down alternately and polishing it smooth again.
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