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An orange Qing dynasty banner

With a five-clawed imperial dragon chasing the pearl of wisdom.

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A Japanese wari-kōgai

Iron chopsticks that combine as a kogai, with silver inlaid Paulownia mon.

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Three Indian war arrows

Fitted with facetted armor-piercing bodkins type arrowheads.

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Chinese target arrow

With snake skin nock. Probably made by Ju Yuan Hao in the 1950s.

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Japanese steel plate

Worked in repousse, possibly once part of an ornamental piece of armor.

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Vietnamese knife

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

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Two Indian flight arrows

Light and slender arrows with small metal tips, optimized for long-distance shooting.

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A Sirdan, or Manchu war arrow

This large and imposing type of war arrow is often compared to a small spear.

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"South China Sea Guard"

Most likely used by the multi-cultural crews of pirate fleets that roamed the South China seas.

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A south Indian ankus head

South India, made of chiseled iron with bird-bodied yali creatures.

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A parakeet shaped ankus head

Made with a separate parakeet-shaped hook, attached to long tanged spearhead.

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Three Indian anti-siege arrows

Named so due to their extremely heavy, bullet-shaped arrowheads.

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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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Boy's katar

A miniature piece meant for use by a small boy.

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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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Ono school ship tsuba

Description A classic Japanese ship tsuba with a motif called “kazeh

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Bird head sewar dagger

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

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Chinese javelin head

Description At first sight, this may look like a miniature version of a standard Qing s

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A signed Vietnamese fighting saber

Presented in this article is a somewhat rare example of a purely practical Vietna

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Chinese iron ruler

Introduction As a non-military weapon, not much was written about Chin

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Antique Chinese spearhead 3

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

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Tribal Kachin dha

A typical example with a nice forge folded blade with differential heat treatment.

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Various Indian arrows

An assortment of Indian arrows with various heads.

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Eight-lobed openwork tsuba

Description A fairly unusual piece, of eight-lobed design.

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Heavy Sino-Vietnamese dagger

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

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Tibetan spearhead

Of slender type with a chiseled iron knot shaped bolster.

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Seven Indian broadhead arrows

With fairly large broadheads, painted tails and bulbous nocks.

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Korean knife or eunjangdo

Description A small Korean knife called eunjangdo, literally "

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Pashtun dagger

With blonde horn grip scales and brass plated scabbard.

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A nanban tsuba

A rather good example of a Japanese-made nanban tsuba.

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A nanban tsuba with Christian orb

A near round tsuba with beaded rim depicting two dragons in vegetal scrollwork.

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Simple hooded katar

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

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Early chilanum hilt

An old bronze hilt in the shape of chilanum hilts.

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Ming style spearhead

A heavy, well-made piece that was probably a military issue.

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South Indian spear butt

Made of iron, weighted with two flattened spheres, all with chiseled decoration.

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A large Manchu knife

Of a type also issued to the Qing Vanguard.

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Sadeli walking cane

Covered almost entirely in very fine "sadeli" marquetry that is associated primarily with Gujarat.

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A deconstructed Qing bow

For the bowyers, a set of parts of an authentic 19th century Qing bow.

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Early militia jian

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

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Fine Canton-style export sword guard

Introduction Many Asian export sword guards, and later Japanese guards inspired by them

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Sumatran keris panjang

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

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A Sinhalese lacquered bow

With classic cinnabar red, yellow, green and black lacquered decoration.

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Parang nabur with báitóng hilt

These sabers from Kalimantan exhibit a mix of European, Islamic, and local styles.

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Qing piandao polearm

Of a style that fell out of use with the fall of the Qing.

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Five Indian arrows

From the same set, but with a variety of different arrowheads.

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Niuweidao - oxtail saber

DESCRIPTION A late Qing dynasty niuweidao (牛尾刀) or "oxtail sa

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Eight Indian bodkin arrows

Fitted with strong, facetted armor-piercing heads.

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A heavy Burmese dha

With a very good, substantial blade with differential heat treatment.

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A large Indian karud dagger

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

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Solomon Islands war club

With paddle-shaped blade associated with the Nggela Islands.

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Chinese war flail

Introduction Flails derived off farming tools were used since antiquity

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