Jumyo katana with fine koshirae
The very detailed mountings are decorated with designs of Japanese spiny lobsters.
Katana by Musashi Taro Yasukuni
Signed, ubu. Complete with tasteful koshirae and Hozon papers.
Longquan jiàn by Qian Zi Hao
A Chinese shortsword made by a well-known Longquan maker.
Sōshū sword with tachi koshirae
Tokubetsu Hozon, attributed to Den Tametsugu. With fine itomaki no tachi koshirae.
Jūn Huǒ Jú-made shuāng shǒudāo
Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.
Jūn Huǒ Jú-made saber
Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.
French sword for the King of Siam
With a Parisian blade carrying the royal emblem of King Rama IV.
Plain mounted Mindan dha
Plain when sheathed, unsheathing reveals a rather nice silver overlaid blade.
Early silver Burmese dha
With elaborate silver overlaid blade and inlaid iron hilt.
Burmese silver overlaid dha
On a sturdy, user-grade blade with temper line.
Chinese target arrow
With snake skin nock. Probably made by Ju Yuan Hao in the 1950s.
Bow by Ju Yuan Hao of Beijing
Made by the last operational bowyer of China, probably for the Mongolian market.
An interesting Japanese yari
Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.
A Chinese bow by Changxing
Rare extant work of a famous workshop in Chengdu.
Ottoman knife by Manceaux, Paris
Of superior quality manufacture, combining a mix of European and Ottoman taste.
A silver-niello Ottoman bichaq
Description
An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like a yatağan
The Demon Repeller - Talisman sword
Introduction
The Chinese straightsword or jian (劍) was the side arm