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  • Child's katar

    Boy's katar

    A miniature piece meant for use by a small boy.

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  • Vijayanagara hooded katar logo

    Simple hooded katar

    Of a type that is strongly associated with the Vijayanagara empire.

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  • Early chilanum hilt logo

    Early chilanum hilt

    An old bronze hilt in the shape of chilanum hilts.

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  • Indian karud dagger

    A large Indian karud dagger

    Unusually large and with all-metal handle that opens with a screw.

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  • Signed Kothimora khukuri logo

    The khukri of Peter L. Achard

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

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  • Ul pihiya logo

    Sinhalese knife and stylus

    Fitting in a single scabbard. Modest for Sinhalese work.

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  • Northern katar with southern design logo

    A northern katar in southern style

    Exhibiting southern style beaded edges with northern style construction and gold.

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  • Indian kard dagger

    An Indian kard dagger

    With a good quality wootz blade.

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  • A small dagger from the Bikaner armory

    A Bikaner armory dagger

    A rare, early south Indian dagger with Bikaner armory markings

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  • Stone hilted pesh-kabz logo

    Stone-hilted pesh-kabz

    A very large example with a strongly reinforced tip and stone handle scales.

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  •  An unusual pihiya (piha kaetta) logo

    An unusual pihiya (piha kaetta)

    Probably from the late Kandyan period.

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  • Bundi katar

    All-steel Bundi katar

    The blade features a sunken panel with very finely chiseled "tree of life" motiff of small leaves.

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  • Rajasthani boy's katar

    Golden damascened boy's katar

    A rare example with pattern welded blade, retaining its original scabbard.

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  • Southern katar logo

    Southern katar with thick point

    The blade with an extremely thick point on a very thin blade.

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  • 17th century chiseled iron katar logo

    South Indian chiseled iron katar

    A nice honest example of an early south Indian katar with great sculptural qualities.

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  • Indian steel dagger

    All steel / wootz dagger

    The slender blade is made of flawless wootz steel in boldly contrasting shades of silver and dark grey.

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  • Khanjarli logo

    A South Indian khanjarli

    A fine, early example with silver-plated details.

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  • Deccan curved katar logo

    A curved Deccan katar

    With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.

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  • North indian katar

    Heavy Rajput katar

    A heavy Indian katar with substantial armor piercing blade.

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  • early Bundi style katar logo

    Katar with complex ribbed blade

    A substantial example, of elegant form, with a complex grooved blade.

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  • Northern wootz katar logo

    Northern wootz katar

    With different types of decor on either side of the hilt.

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  • Double bladed katar logo

    Double bladed katar

    Also called jamdhar doulicaneh. Forged from a single piece of steel, complete with scabbard.

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  • Vijayanagara hooded katar logo

    Vijayanagara katar

    A 16th hooded katar with the wide, ribbed blade that is characteristic for this period.

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  • Vijayanagara pata

    Vijayanagara "pata"

    A very early example of the type, with locally made rapier style blade.

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  • Indian khanjarli logo

    A large and very good khanjarli

    With lunette pommel of ivory plates.

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  • Sinhalese coral hilted knife

    Sinhalese coral hilted knife

    Also known as piha-kaetta, this is more correctly a pihiya.

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  • Bikaner katar

    Deccan katar with Bikaner marks

    With a hilt that is of typical southern form, with a cupped base and langets.

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  • Very good Sinhalese ul-pihiya

    A very good ul-pihiya

    A Sinhalese knife with lavish silver mounts and overlay.

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  • Bichuwa dagger logo

    A fine bichuwa with gold decor

    A north Indian bichuwa dagger with recurved blade and richly decorated hilt.

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  • Large piha-kaetta logo

    A large pihiya kättha

    A massive example weighing just over 800 grams. With scabbard.

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  • South Indian stiletto dagger logo

    South Indian loop hilted dagger

    Introduction Indian loop hilted dagger are generally called bichuwa (बिछुवा )

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  • Deccan chilanum logo

    A Deccan chilanum

    With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.

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  • Sinhalese ul-pihiya

    Sinhalese ul-pihiya

    A rare example retaining its original silver covered scabbard.

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  • Fine piha-kaetta with velvet scabbard

    Fine piha kaetta with velvet scabbard

    A very fine example with beautifully chiseled silver pommel plate.

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  • Chiseled iron bichwa

    Chiseled iron bichuwa

    The handle covered with gold damascening.

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  • 17th century katar with curved blade logo

    South Indian katar with curved blade

    A very crisp and complete example of its type.

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  • Bikaner elephant katar

    Bikaner elephant katar

    Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory

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  • Slender chilanum dagger logo

    Slender chilanum dagger

    Of elegant form with very crisp blade.

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  • Straight khanjarli

    Unusual khanjarli

    With straight blade and two opposing Yali chiseled out of the forte of the blade.

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  • Bundi katar

    A katar from Bundi

    The style typical for royal katar made under Maharao Ram Singh.

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  • A silver pihiya

    Silver Sinhalese ul-pihiya

    A fine Kandyan knife, or ul-pihiya, probably mid 18th century.

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  • Fine deccan curved katar logo

    A fine curved Deccan katar

    With beautifully shaped blade and fine, elaborately chiseled hilt.

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  • North Indian katar with tools

    North Indian katar with tools

    With a fine wootz blade with a pronounced center ridge.

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  • Vijayanagara hooded katar

    Vijayanagara hooded katar

    With a shield that reminds of Deccan cuirasses.

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  • Katar logo

    18th century northern katar

    With high-contrast wootz blade and fine damascening in two tones of gold.

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  • Bundi style katar

    A gilt katar with spiraled hilt

    In a style associated with Maharao Raja Ram Singh.

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  • Bundi katar ex Figiel

    Golden Bundi style katar

    From the collection of Dr. Leo Figiel.

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