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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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Large Chinese hunting knife

With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

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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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Vijayanagara katar

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

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Jamdhar katari

A Hindu dagger following an ancient style that was preserved in Afghanistan.

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Sabiki or "Wahhabite jambiya"

With a long, sword-like blade characteristic of this type. With original belt.

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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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Paiwan tjakit with provenance

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

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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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A fine Philippine bolo

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

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Balinese keris

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

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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 northern katar in southern style

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

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South Indian chiseled iron katar

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

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Fine piha kaetta with velvet scabbard

A very fine example with beautifully chiseled silver pommel plate.

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A very good ul-pihiya

A Sinhalese knife with lavish silver mounts and overlay.

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Stone-hilted pesh-kabz

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

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Pashtun dagger

With blonde horn grip scales and brass plated scabbard.

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Wood hilted dahmjaun

With iron ferrule and copper and silver overlaid blade.

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Pesh kabz with horn plated hilt

An excellently designed thrusting dagger with T-spine and sharp tip.

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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 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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Sinhalese ul-pihiya

A rare example retaining its original silver covered scabbard.

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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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A good old khukurī

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

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The khukri of Peter L. Achard

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

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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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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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Early chilanum hilt

An old bronze hilt in the shape of chilanum hilts.

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Simple hooded katar

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

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A curved Deccan katar

With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.

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A Deccan chilanum

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

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Katar with complex ribbed blade

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

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South Indian loop hilted dagger

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

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Unusual khanjarli

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

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A silver mounted khukuri

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

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A katar from Sindh

With markings suggesting it was a wedding gift, presented in 1832.

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Fine Bhutanese dagger

With heavy silver mounts, pierced and chiseled.

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A katar from Bundi

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

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