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  • Katana with horse themed koshirae logo

    Katana in horse theme koshirae

    Blade signed Sesshū-jū Fujiwara Hiroyoshi, active in the 1670s-80s.

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  • Han Plain Red Banner saber

    Han Plain Red Banner saber

    Southern Chinese saber made for a soldier under the Plain Red Banner.

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  • Golden groove peidao logo

    Qing peidao with gold grooves

    With fine 18th century blade that combines many stylistic features.

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  • Musashi Taro Yasukuni katana logo

    Katana by Musashi Taro Yasukuni

    Signed, ubu. Complete with tasteful koshirae and Hozon papers.

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  • Longquan Qianzihao duanjian logo

    Longquan jiàn by Qian Zi Hao

    A Chinese shortsword made by a well-known Longquan maker.

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  • Cambodian long saber logo

    Cambodian long saber

    Sized like the Chinese changren dadao, yet the execution of the hilt is Cambodian.

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  • Chinese demon head saber

    Chinese demon head saber

    Based on a Chinese military saber blade, with unusual horn demon hilt

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  • Tametsugu logo

    Sōshū sword with tachi koshirae

    Tokubetsu Hozon, attributed to Den Tametsugu. With fine itomaki no tachi koshirae.

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  • Slender set of 19th century military hudiedao

    Slender hudiedao pair

    A classic example of the narrow military type, with brass guards.

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  • Hudiedao

    Hudiedao set with scabbard

    Classic pair of Southern Chinese butterfly swords.

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  • Twistcore peidao logo

    Qing twistcore peidao

    A fine twistcore blade in standard pattern Qing military mounts.

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  • Kunikiyo wakizashi with horimono tested by Yamano 2 body cut

    Kunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut

    A wakizashi by master Kunikiyo, tested by the most famous sword tester of 17th century Japan.

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  • Sukesada

    Sukesada uchigatana made August 1523

    With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.

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  • Handachi wakizashi

    Handachi mounted wakizashi

    With Nanban-style guard and kozuka. Signed Fujiwara Hisayoshi.

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  • Qing liedao

    Large Chinese hunting knife

    With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

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  • Longquan jian logo

    Good late Qing Longquan jian

    With bat-shaped guard. A very high-quality example for the time period.

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  • An Eastern Tibetan dpa'dam logo

    Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao

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

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  • Tibetan pierced iron shortsword logo

    Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

    With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

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  • Jun Huo Ju Shuangshoudao logo

    Jūn Huǒ Jú-made shuāng shǒudāo

    Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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  • Jun Huo Ju saber logo

    Jūn Huǒ Jú-made saber

    Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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  • Medium length Chinese straightsword jian logo

    Chinese medium size jian

    A heavy piece with a substantial blade, with smooth bronze mounts.

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  • Chinese double swords with hook

    Double shortswords with belt hook

    A classic set of Chinese double swords, complete with suspension and hook.

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  • Kuiwen shuang duanjian logo

    Chinese paired shortswords

    Cantonese double swords with archaic dragon design mounts.

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  • Early duanjian logo

    Early Chinese shortsword

    A classic duanjian, but of somewhat earlier manufacture than most.

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  • Carved scabbard shuangjian logo

    Shuāngjiàn with carved scabbard

    A paired jian of fushou type, with carved hardwood scabbard.

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  • Lalaw sword logo

    Large Atayal lalaw sword

    A particularly nice example with 120 iron bands holding the blade.

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  • Daoist shuangjian

    Lóngquán Daoist shuāngjiàn

    A very good set of Daoist straightswords in a single scabbard. There is a lot to see here, but I will start with the…

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  • A Chinese executioners sword logo

    A Chinese headman's sword

    Of rare form with short but very heavy double-edged blade.

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  • 19th century Qing fangshi peidao logo

    Qing fangshi soldier's saber

    A rare surviving example of the simple military version of this style.

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  • Burmese hilted wakizashi in Indian scabbard logo

    Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

    An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.

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  • Unusual Taiwanese sword logo

    Unusual Taiwanese sword

    With a straight blade of asymmetrical grind and a strongly Chinese inspired scabbard.

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  • Hudiedao logo

    Very good hudiedao set

    With fine carved hilts, substantial bronze D-guards, and subtle signs of heat treatment on the blades.

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  • Western Chinese dao logo

    An unusual minority dao

    The wide blade with clipped tip mounted on a riveted wooden grip.

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  • Late Qing jian logo

    A fine late Qing jian

    A step above the norm in quality for this period, with nicely pierced mounts.

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  • Cantonese saber logo

    Cantonese saber

    With brass mounts and ray skin covered scabbard.

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  • A southern dao logo

    Southern Chinese saber

    Of typical southern form with a very slender, pointy blade.

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  • Niuweidao logo

    An early form niúwěidāo

    With good, layered blade, mounted in forged iron mounts.

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  • Dai dha overall

    Fine Chinese Shan dha

    Entirely clad in silver and with a differentially heat treated blade.

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  • Late Qing jian

    Late Qing jian

    A typical example, complete with lacquered scabbard.

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  • Iron mounted republican jian

    Late iron mounted jian

    A rarer configuration, normally mounted with brass in this period. With a chrome-plated blade.

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  • Militia dao

    Ming militia dao

    From the Ming-Qing transition period, with many typical Ming features.

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  • Qing militia jian

    Seven stars militia jian

    A short, stout Chinese straightsword of a type used by village defenses across the empire.

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  • Hui dadao

    Chinese Hui sword

    A peculiar Chinese dadao with markings attributing it to a Hui army or battallion.

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  • Qijiadao logo

    Qijiadao in Vince Evans mounts

    The 17th-century blade is mounted in fittings designed by Philip Tom and executed by Vince Evans some 20 years ago.

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  • Republican dadao

    1930's Republican dàdāo

    Of the exact type seen in use by the famous 29th Route Army.

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  • Fangshi revival saber logo

    Fangshi officer's saber

    With a good blade and a set of fittings that exceed the quality of most of this period.

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  • Early Chinese saber with raised backedge logo

    Early yútóudāo

    With influences from several cultures that are rarely seen on a single blade.

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  • Yunnan Dai presentation dha logo

    Chinese Shan presentation dha

    Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.

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  • Ming militia jian logo

    Early militia jian

    An early Chinese militia jiàn most likely dating from the Ming.

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  • Large southern Chinese saber

    Large Southern Chinese saber

    Built around a beautifully forged blade, in full polish, revealing a burl grain pattern.

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  • Antique Chinese changdao logo

    An antique chángdāo

    Its large blade is of ridged cross-section, inspired by the Japanese design.

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  • Chinese saber with curved hilt

    Early Chinese duǎndāo

    With rare downward curving grip as seen on artwork of the 17th and 18th centuries.

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