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Ottoman knife by Manceaux, Paris

Of superior quality manufacture, combining a mix of European and Ottoman taste.

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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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A katar from Sindh

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

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Golden Bundi style katar

From the collection of Dr. Leo Figiel.

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A gilt katar with spiraled hilt

In a style associated with Maharao Raja Ram Singh.

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Vijayanagara hooded katar

With a shield that reminds of Deccan cuirasses.

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Ottoman style dagger

Fine and unusual, with Italian renaissance style decoration.

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18th century northern katar

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

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Balinese keris with stones in gold

Undulating bilah blade of eleven luk.

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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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North Indian katar with tools

With a fine wootz blade with a pronounced center ridge.

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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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Silver Sinhalese ul-pihiya

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

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Persian "khanjar" dagger

With finely chiseled steel hilt and scabbard

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A katar from Bundi

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

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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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Double-edged Bhutanese dagger

With triple grooves and in heavy silver mountings.

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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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Bikaner elephant katar

Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory

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Chiseled iron bichuwa

The handle covered with gold damascening.

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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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South Indian katar with curved blade

A very crisp and complete example of its type.

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Fine piha kaetta with velvet scabbard

A very fine example with beautifully chiseled silver pommel plate.

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Ancient Ba-Shu dagger

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

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Sinhalese ul-pihiya

A rare example retaining its original silver covered scabbard.

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A large pihiya kättha

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

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South Indian loop hilted dagger

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

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A fine bichuwa with gold decor

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

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Fine Bhutanese dagger

With heavy silver mounts, pierced and chiseled.

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A Deccan chilanum

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

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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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A very good ul-pihiya

A Sinhalese knife with lavish silver mounts and overlay.

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A very good Philippine bolo

With beautifully carved horn grip.

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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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Deccan katar with Bikaner marks

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

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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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Large tin chirra kothimora khukuri

An exceptionally large example with a desirable three fullered blade.

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Fine Bhutanese dozum

With heavy mounts executed in silver.

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A large and very good khanjarli

With lunette pommel of ivory plates.

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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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Vijayanagara "pata"

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

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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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Katar with complex ribbed blade

A substantial example, of elegant form, with a complex grooved 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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Silver mounted Ottoman dagger

Description A nice Balkan Ottoman dagger of a type called hançer

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Ottoman bichaq (knife)

Description An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like

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Heavy Rajput katar

A heavy Indian katar with substantial armor piercing blade.

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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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