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Vietnamese knife

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

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A giant piso raout

An oversized utility knife of the headhunters of Borneo.

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Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife

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

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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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Bird head sewar dagger

A charming little sewar dagger from the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Balinese keris

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

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Wood hilted dahmjaun

With iron ferrule and copper and silver overlaid blade.

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Old Madura keris

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

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Heavy Sino-Vietnamese dagger

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

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Korean knife or eunjangdo

Description A small Korean knife called eunjangdo, literally "

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West-Javanese stiletto dagger

Early piece with an unusual European-style stiletto blade.

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A large Manchu knife

Of a type also issued to the Qing Vanguard.

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Sumatran keris panjang

A type of long keris often described as "execution keris".

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Chinese trousse set with glass trinkets

Introduction Sets with a knife and chopsticks and sometimes some other utensils were co

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Good Vietnamese dagger

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

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Southern Chinese double knives

With carved hardwood grips. Complete with pigskin scabbard.

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A fine Chinese trousse set

In emerald green scabbard and with fan case.

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A rare Philippine fighting knife

A rare Philippine fighting knife, probably from Luzon island. It has a very well-made blade.

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Chinese trousse in Mongolian style

With heavy pierced silver mounts in with archaic dragon designs.

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Chinese trousse with inlaid iron mounts

Background Sets with a knife and chopsticks -and sometimes some other utensils- were co

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A fine Korean eunjangdo

With all silver construction, including the blade.

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A fine Yunnan Dai dagger

With characteristic bulb pommel and silver plating on hilt and scabbard.

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A wide Chinese fighting knife

With the relatively rare feature of a raised backedge.

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Trousse with "horse-tooth" blade

Accomplished by bending the edge up and down alternately and polishing it smooth again.

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Ceremonial Moro kalis

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

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Large Chinese hunting knife

With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

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A very good Philippine bolo

With beautifully carved horn grip.

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Rare iconographic Mongolian style knife

Introduction Many Mongols, the Khalkas in particular, had close ties with the Manchu ru

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Ancient Ba-Shu dagger

From approximately the 5th to 3rd century B.C.

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Chinese jade handled dagger

It has a solid pale green jade hilt that is fitted to a silver collar-piece.

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A fine Philippine bolo

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

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Taiwanese Aboriginal Pingpu knife

Introduction The Island of Taiwan was briefly under Dutch colonial rule in the 17th cen

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Studded Eastern Tibetan dagger

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

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Balinese keris with stones in gold

Undulating bilah blade of eleven luk.

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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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Paiwan tjakit with provenance

It was collected by Laurens Langewis, an early 20th-century ethnographer and author.

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