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A Murut parapat

The sword of the Murut headhunters of northern Borneo.

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1930's Republican dàdāo

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

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Late iron mounted jian

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

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A silver mounted khukuri

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

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Early Indian khanda

An early version of this iconic Indian weapon, with its characteristic swollen tip.

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Large Vietnamese trường đao

Of very good quality for this type of weapon.

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Republican period whistle arrow

Dating from the revival period of Chinese archery in the 1930s.

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An Indian kard dagger

With a good quality wootz blade.

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A good early dadao

Introduction The dadao is the iconic weapon of republican

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A Japanese nanban style tsuba

Description An interesting little sword guard, of fairly simple form w

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Fine Malay matchlock musket

A very fine Malay matchlock or "satingar" with Indo-Portuguese style luck.

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A Palembang sword with British blade

With finely carved horn hilt, silver mounts and reshaped European blade.

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Early Chinese shortsword

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

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12 North Indian arrows

With katar-tipped heads and dark brown shafts.

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A Bikaner armory dagger

A rare, early south Indian dagger with Bikaner armory markings

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Chinese yanyuedao

One of the most iconic of Chinese weapons, commonly known as "Guandao"

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A fine Chinese trousse set

In emerald green scabbard and with fan case.

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Vietnamese officer saber

General introduction Ornate Vietnamese guőm (

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Bikaner war axe

Introduction This type of axe was part of the standard equipment of the

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A fine pattern welded kora

Short but substantial, with its protruding tip it's rather mace-like.

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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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A rare Philippine fighting knife

A rare Philippine fighting knife, probably from Luzon island. It has a very well-made blade.

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A very good pedang bentok

Also called klewang sasak by Indonesian collectors.

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Axe with Anup Singh inscription

With a samvat date that corresponds to 1691 A.D.

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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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Fine Kinai dragon tsuba

Made by the Kinai group of Echizen, who originated as horimono carvers.

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A Shan Kachin style dha

A large Kachin style square-ended dha in Shan style mountings.

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A Burmese dha with openwork handle

Made of a single piece of ivory, with a kneeling figure in its base.

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An unusual pihiya (piha kaetta)

Probably from the late Kandyan period.

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A fine south Nias telögu

With rare pale buffalo horn hilt with gold alloy inlays.

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A finely forged kora

With very good pattern welded blade, complete with scabbard.

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Chinese trousse in Mongolian style

With heavy pierced silver mounts in with archaic dragon designs.

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Golden damascened boy's katar

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

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A rare bow from Kashmir

A sinew-backed bow with rather nice lacquer work.

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A fine mutiny era khukuri

An understated, elegant khukuri of substantial proportions with fine layered blade.

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Igorot headhunter javelin

With exceptionally wide blade, forged with a hardened leading edge.

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South Indian spearhead

From Tamil Nadu. With clean lines and precise geometry.

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Early Chinese duǎndāo

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

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Early silver Burmese dha

With elaborate silver overlaid blade and inlaid iron hilt.

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A fine Kayan mandau

With less common wooden hilt and elaborately inlaid blade in brass, copper and silver.

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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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Ottoman bow with siper and arrows

Description A rare Ottoman bow that has seen better days.

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A peudeueng peusangan

From the Aceh region, described locally as peudeueng peusangan with a "hulu meu apet" or Indian styled basket hilt.

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Vietnamese musket with silver lock

Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.

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A large Tibetan sword (dpa'dam)

Description A large Tibetan sword or dpa'dam, representing its classic form.

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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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A south Indian spearhead

A large example of a type called sang.

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The Demon Repeller - Talisman sword

Introduction The Chinese straightsword or jian (劍) was th

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A silver-niello Ottoman bichaq

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

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Chinese trousse with inlaid iron mounts

Background Sets with a knife and chopsticks -and sometimes some other utensils- were co

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