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North Nias si euli

A peculiar type of knife worn in the north of Nias.

€1350,-
Group of arms from Tonkin

Probably from the French Tonkin campaign of the 1880s.

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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,-
Rare beladau lebar dagger

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

€475,-
A giant piso raout

An oversized utility knife of the headhunters of Borneo.

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West-Javanese stiletto dagger

Early piece with an unusual European-style stiletto blade.

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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,-
Studded Eastern Tibetan dagger

Of Kham area regional style, with a grip studded with turquoises and corals.

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Vietnamese single edged spearhead

Large, heavy single-edged example with iron mounts.

€325,-
Double-edged Bhutanese dagger

With triple grooves and in heavy silver mountings.

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Ceremonial Moro kalis

Measuring almost a meter, with exceptional blade for a ceremonial keris.

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Fine Tibetan gem studded dagger

A very rare type of dagger that originates from the borderlands of Eastern Tibet and Sichuan.

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Old Madura keris

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

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Balinese spearhead with scabbard

With fine twist-core pamor and carved wooden scabbard.

€2000,-
A fine Philippine bolo

The blade inlaid with brass, complete with a horn scabbard with pierced decoration.

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Igorot headhunter javelin

With exceptionally wide blade, forged with a hardened leading edge.

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Balinese keris

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

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Javanese gold overlaid spear blade

Once part of a trisula, made on Java in the 17th century.

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Wood hilted dahmjaun

With iron ferrule and copper and silver overlaid blade.

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Good Vietnamese dagger

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

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Vietnamese knife

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

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An Acehnese rencong

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

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A hanshee khukurī

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

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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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Gold mounted presentation khukurī

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

€3000,-
A rare Burmese spear

A fine example with silver overlaid spearhead and silver ferrule with niello inlay.

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Khukurī in wooden scabbard

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

€450,-
A trousse khukurī

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

€500,-
Large khukurī with inlaid hilt

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

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An early sirupātē khukurī

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

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19th century military khukurī

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

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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,-
A good old khukurī

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

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Ramree veteran khukurī

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

€400,-
The khukri of Peter L. Achard

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

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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.

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Heavy Sino-Vietnamese dagger

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

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A "dui chirra" khukuri

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

€625,-
Silver khukuri with bone grip

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

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Large tin chirra kothimora khukuri

An exceptionally large example with a desirable three fullered blade.

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A fine mutiny era khukuri

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

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Large silver mounted khukuri

With pierced mounts and velvet-covered scabbard.

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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 silver mounted khukuri

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

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Ceremonial yem nguyệt đao

Modeled after the Chinese "guan dao", made of lacquered wood.

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Fine Bhutanese dagger

With heavy silver mounts, pierced and chiseled.

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Bhutanese dagger

With narrow blade and all brass mounts.

€300,-
Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife

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

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