Early bronze-hilted Iban Dyak sword Parang Pedang

An early Iban sword from Borneo of pedang style, the hilt cast in bronze and with deeply curved steel blade

Early South Indian Katar with Gilt-Silver chiselled decoration wootz blade

A good early Katar dagger from South India, the hilt chiselled and overlaid with gilt-silver the blade of wootz steel, probably Thanjavur 17th century

Rare South Indian ivory and red lac Coorg knife

A good sword from Coorg Moplah Knife with Ivory hilt and chiselled brass mounts inlaid with red laq

19th century Iban Dyak Pedang sword

An iban pedang sword from Northern Kalimantan

Very fine Indian enamelled shamshir from Lucknow with silver-gilt enamelled mounts, pommel as a ram, fine wootz bladem with ivory hilt and retaining original gold embroidered straps and velevet covered scabbard

A fine shamshir from Lucknow, the hilt and mounts of enamelled gilt-silver, the gold inlaid blade of fine wootz steel. Presumably the sword of a prince or noble, 18th or early 19th century

Rare Kudi bladed Keris 18th century

An interesting keris sword with Kudi-style blade and early wooden hilt

Good early silver mounted Arab shamshir

A good Arab sword Shamshir Saif with silver scabbard mounts and silver hilt

Old 'tool' kukri with ivory hilt and set of mini tools in leather sheath 19th century

A 19th century Kukri with ivory hilt and ivory handled tool set in its sheath

Fine heavy Nepali Kora, lac inlaid and chiselled blade, scabbard of thick hide 18th/19th century

A large Nepalese sword Kora or Khunda, massive steel blade with chiselled symbols and orginal leather sheath

Northern Indian Khanda, finely watered blade, original sheath covered in blue velvet, 18th/19th century

A good early Indian Khanda sword the mounts of chiselled steel, fine wootz steel blade

Fine early Indian Khanjarli, Ivory hilt with fine watered chiselled blade, 18th century

A good quality Indian dagger Khanjarli with large Ivory hilt and chiselled wootz steel blade

Good Sumatran klewang, finely carved horn pommel with engraved silver mounts, European blade 19th century

A good sword from Sumatra with a European blade stamped with crescents and moons and carved horn hilt

Selection of Saharan Tuareg Teleks, mounted with silver dyed and ebroidered leather and brass, 18th, 19th centuries

A group of arm-daggers from Sub-Saharan Africa Telek fro the Tuareg and related tribal groups, decorated leather and brass 19th century

A good Chinese sword Yanmadao with fullered blade and early chiselled steel mounts 18th century

Good old Chinese fighting jian, brass mounts with green shagreen scabbard, 18th/19th century

An attractive Qing period sword with laminated steel blade, shagreen scabbard and pierced brass mounts 19th century

A scarce Moluccan sword of large size, the hilt woven with coloured grass stems

Fine Indian Khyber knife with Ivory hilt, finely watered Damascus blade, Gold decoration to blade forte, sheath with old parchment with Koranic calligraphy 18th century

A fine Indian sword Khyber knife, the blade of damascus wootz steel, the hilt of Ivory, the leather scabbard retaining and early label written in Nastarliq

A 19th Century silver mounted Burmese Dha with Niello Inlay

A good Burmese Dha sword, the hilt and scabbard of silver with niello and copper decoration, the fine steel blade inalid with ascrolling silverwork, 19th century

Fine quality Burmese Dha with Silver decoration to blued Steel blade, silver and sawossa bound hilt, 19th century

A good Burmese sword Dha, the blade with silver decoration, the hilt with copper and silver bound mountings 19th century

Heavy Indian Tegha, damascus blade with fine gold decorated hilt, original leather scabbard 19th century

A very good large Indian sword Tulwar, the thick steel blade of damascus pattern-welded steel, the hilt with gold kofgari decoration

Three large old axes from Central India, heavy mahogany shafts with elaborate steel blades 19th century

Three good axes from the Gond tribe of Central India, shaped steel blades with long wooden hafts used purely for warfare

Good old Naga warriors Daos palmwood hafts, heavy steel heads with black hair attachments 19th century

Two good early Naga war axes. Different shaped steel blade, the handles decorated with black hair

Scarce Marut Sword with elaborately carved scabbard, North Borneo 19th century

A good sword from the Murut Dayak Pakayun. Heavy laminated steel blade, the typical forked carved hilt and the scabbard well carved with designs 19th century

Rare Black sea Yataghan Decorated steel blade, horn grips original scabbard and straps 19th century

A scarce sword from Trabzon known as the 'Black Sea yataghan'. Horn hilt with leather bound grip, peculiar shaped steel blade with fullers and chiselling and large sheath

Old Silver mounted Wahabite Jambiya 19th century

A large Arab dagger jambiya, popularly attributed to the Wahabite tribes, of solid silver and chiselled blade

A good Ottoman dagger with chiselled blade, silver scabbard inlaid with corals and turquoise the hilt of marine ivory 18th century

Early Indian spearheads one with original silver and velvet mounted cover 17th and 18th centuries

A fine South Indian spear head, the wootz blade with thickened tip with silver mounted tigers heads to the bottom and original silver mounted sheath 17th century , and another early Indian steel Javelin or jarid head 16th century or earlier

Good old Bali keris with tortoise shell front, carved ivory and wood hilts and finely made blades, 19th century

Two fine Keris from bali with Pamor blade and carved hilts

Unusual Nepali Kora, steel blade with red inlaid lac in original 'lift-out' leather scabbard

A Kora or Khunda sword from Nepal with chiselled steel blade and steel handguard

.  Rare central Asian shamshir, early Persian blade of fine watered steel, hilt of niello decorated silver, gold decorated mounts, pommel set with turquoise, 17th century

A very fine shamshir sword from Bukhara. The blade of laddered 'Kirk Narduban' wootz steel, the mounts with gold calligraphy and the grips of nielloed silver

Early Singhalese sword Kastane, finely carved horn hilt decorated with mounts of silver-gilt, heavy steel blade with inlaid decoration, 18th century

An early Kastane sword from Ceylon, the carved lions head hilt applied with brass and silver decoration 17th century

Scarce Indonesian dagger Beladau 19th century

An attractive dagger from Banjarmasin, Kalimantan

Rare Celebes Klewang with inlaid hilt 19th century

VAn interesting Klewang sword from Indonesia with lead inlaid collar and shaped wooden hilt

Fine Persian parade sword, finely watered blade with gold damascus decoration, steel hilt with silver, original black hide scabbard 18th/19th century

A good sword from Persia in the medieval style, wootz blade inlaid with gold cartouches and chiselled steel hilt

heavy Tibetan sword, pattern welded blade, silver hilt with chiselled decoration and coral inlay, 19th century

A good Tibetan broadsword with laminated steel blade and the hilt mounted with silver 18th century

Early Mahrattan Patah

A heavy Gauntlet-Sword  Patah from Southern India. Very robust broad steel blade with European markings and chiselled steel hilt 17th/early 18th century

 

 

 

 

forward to the next page of sold items

next page

 

 

 

 

 

email us!