A katar with true inlay decoration
Late 17th century. With wootz blade and enamel chape.
Wootz talwar with pierced scabbard
With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.
Talwar hilted shamshir
With a very fine Persian blade of "brilliant black" wootz.
A curved Deccan katar
With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.
A Deccan chilanum
With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.
Large wootz talwar
The hilt inlaid with silver, once blued for added contrast.
All wootz kard dagger
With a hidden compartment for a small utility knife.
A very good Afghan pulouar
With wootz handle with fine pierced pommel dome.
An exceptional khanda
With wootz blade and wootz Hindu basket hilt
A fine khanda with pierced hilt
Introduction
The khanda represents one of the oldest forms of Indian swords, it's present form
