Date | Mandarin Mansion

Heavy socket-hilted plains knife with dated presentation scabbard.

Of Punjabi make, inscribed inside the knuckle guard as being presented by Sukhu Singh in 1838.

The hilt is in the typical Marwari Rajput style, made by Ram Namar in 1857 A.D.

With later, elaborately chiseled hilt of very fine quality.

With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.

A very good sword from South Sulawesi (Celebes) with silver mounts and a dated VOC blade.

With wootz blade inlaid in gold with the name of the maker and the owner.

In excavated condition. With XRF and radiocarbon dating results.

Found in excavated condition, published with results of c-14 and XRF analysis.

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

Made by a maker called Noah in 1809 for a certain Mehemmed Ağa Fî. With beautiful golden overlays on blade.

An old warhorse with several repairs.

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

A nice example that can serve as a benchmark to help date others.

A signed and dated Burmese dha.

Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.

Most markings are found on military edged weapons, usually in the form of serial numbers and characters denoting a place or unit.

An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like a yatağan

An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like a miniature&nbs

Presented in this article is a somewhat rare example of a purely practical Vietnamese fighting saber,