RSword Antique Blades

Very fine Ottoman Empire Enamel Khanjar Dagger with gold inlaid blade. This dagger measures 17 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The base metal has been completely covered on both sides in enamel in various colors including blue, green, gold and brown. The decor heavily features scrolling vine work with other unidentified art. The double-edged blade with goldwork at the forte on both sides. The blade has a very slight wiggle in the handle. The blade has a thickened point. A very similar dagger is pictured in the book “Gold & Damascus Steel, The Ottoman Art of Bladesmithing” on p. 341, item 129.

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Unusual Sri Lankan Piha Kaetta with a super rare glass handle and a rare all silver scabbard. This piece measures 11 1/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is most likely glass but could be rock crystal and done in a spiral and fluted method. There is a brass pommel cap with decorations to the top and a brass ferrule. The blade has a lovely thick silver overlay on the forte and along the spine. This overlay is done in a floral pattern. There is even an intricate silver inlay on the spine. The scabbard is all silver. The top of the scabbard is fine silver twisted wire and scalloped edges and then each side of the scabbard is fluted. A rare Piha Kaetta variant with a quality glass or rock crystal handle, fine silver overlaid blade and rare all silver scabbard.

$1495

Very fine Sumatran Pedang sword with heavily inlaid blade and silver scabbard. This sword measures 29 1/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a silver ferrule and a silver grip wrap which is carved over its surface in floral patterns. The pommel is wood and has pierced and detailed carving depicting floral scenery. The blade is lovely. Both sides are covered in silver inlay. You have a three row box at the forte on both sides, the inlay taking on a psuedo Arabic look like it is an inscription of sorts. Then you have silver inlay encompassing the double fullers on both sides of the blade and then the tip on both sides also has inscriptions. Even the full length of the spine features inscriptions. The scabbard has a wood core and is wrapped in silver. A fine sword made for a person of means.

$1295

Sumatran Pedang sword with painted scabbard and fine pamor blade. This sword measures 27 3/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a silver ferrule and then a two section silver grip with the lower section carved in a dot and line pattern and the upper section in a floral pattern. The pommel is wood and has pierced and detailed carvings depicting floral scenery. The blade measures 19” long and is 1 5/16” wide at the forte. The blade is forged of pamor steel that is layered depicting a row of undulating lines down to the tip and then it turns and comes back down like hairpin damascus on a Tibetan sword blade. The scabbard is wood and is painted in reds, yellows and black. The floral painting is depicted on both sides. It has been lacquered over which gives it a nice sheen. A really nice pedang.

$795 On Hold

Superb Borneo Dayak Mandau Sword with heavily inlaid blade. This sword measures 29 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle features a staghorn pommel, with lovely yellowish patina and very detailed carvings along with a long strand of hair that is likely human. It is not coarse like horse or other animal hairs so because of that I think it is likely human. The grip is wrapped in silver wire. The organic plug is at the base of the grip with some small areas of loss. The blade is very thick and really well made. It measures 23” in total length and is 1 1/2” at its widest point. The spine is 3/8” thick. There are 143 brass inlaid dots to EACH side of the blade. A few inlays are missing along the decorative spine work towards the tip. I don’t think I have seen a blade with this many inlays. In between the inlays there is also some scrolling line decoration. The blade is forged of a quality steel which has very little tarnish on either side. The scabbard is wood with some nice carving at the top and the rattan bands have a fancy weave along the front. the rattan belt came off on one end. A very high quality Mandau.

$995 On Hold

Fine Indonesian large Pedang Lurus sword with silver scabbard. This sword measures 26 3/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The large handle and guard are silver with a dark patina in the recesses as the carvings are done in high relief on the handle. The blade is cool with the hump on the blade about half way down. The blade with an active and bold pamor pattern throughout both sides of the blade. The scabbard is silver with fine carvings at the top and bottom. A very good Pedang Lurus given its size and quality of scabbard and blade.

$695

Nice Borneo Dayak Jimpul Sword. This sword measures 28 3/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of the organic plug and then the grip is wrapped in a braided rattan. The pommel is staghorn and it features a fanged face, a triangle carving to the back and other intricate carvings throughout the handle. The blade measures 21 1/4” in total length and is 1 3/4” at its widest point. The spine is 1/4” at the forte. The blade has a graceful cruve and a well carved fuller on each side. The scabbard is wood and has lovely carvings on one side. A very good Jimpul.

$695

Large Circassian Kindjal Sword with Arabic stamp on the blade. This sword measures 28 3/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of two wood slab grips secured to the tang with 3 rivets, 2 of which are domed. The exposed tang on each side of the grips with hounds tooth carved decoration. The double edged blade, sharp on both sides, with a crescent shaped deeply stamped makers mark near the forte, the inside with Arabic inscription untranslated as of yet. Above this are three deep fullers two wide ones and a more narrow one in the center. These fullers have etched decorations throughout. The blade has an elongated tip in V-shape with the tip rounded off. The blade has some pitting in some spots. The scabbard has a wood core with a thin brass sleeve completely covering the wood core. At the very top of the scabbard mount is a chased, what looks like a horse, looking over its shoulder with long tail. It could be a lion. There is a steel band just below this graphic and then below this on the back side of the scabbard is metal bar secured to the scabbard and would have been used as a belt loop. An imposing and large sword.

$695

Silver mounted Vietnamese Guom Sword. This sword measures 33” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle sports a tortoiseshell grip with a silver pommel done in an animal head. The ferrule is silver and the guard is brass with silver inlaid decorations. The ferrule is damaged and the pommel has a missing section of silver. The silver pommel is very well decorated. The plain blade with tunkou at the forte with some oxidation. The scabbard is very nice. It is rosewood with MOP inlays that are done quite nicely with no missing inlays in any of the 4 sections. All of the mounts on the scabbard are silver and very finely decorated. The chape is missing the very bottom piece which has been lost to history. This is a very nice sword with a few condition issues which has been reflected in the asking price.

$995 On Hold

Very nice Sulawesi Dua Lalan sword with fine carvings. This sword measures 26 3/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood with very fine rattan bands around the grip and the large pommel with lovely carvings. The blade is 18 3/8” long and 1” wide at the forte and forged of pamor steel. Very fine layering throughout the blade. The scabbard is wood and bound in rattan. The rattan dyed at one point in time with some of the dye worn off over time. There is a piece of fabric at the top of the scabbard. Very good example given the carving, blade and excellent condition overall.

$495

Very nice Filipino Japanese inspired sword with blade inscriptions. This sword measures 30” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of of aluminum bands with copper or brass twisted metal, imitating rattan, filling the spaces between the aluminum. The guard is quite nice. It is also aluminum with scalloped edges and hole cut outs all the around the guard. Just below the hole cut outs are tiny punch dot decorations. The blade is quite likely a captured Japanese sword blade. It has a peaked spine like Japanese swords and there is a faint hamon along the cutting edge. The blade retains some sharpness. On one side of the blade in typed script is “P:DIRAMPATN RA GAYAN”. The opposite side of the blade with the initials “D I R”. It is unknown if this is a name or what this means. The scabbard is very nice. It is a quality wood brass mounts. Each mount with lines carved around the edge. The back of the scabbard with a leather belt loop.

Over the years I have seen the Filipino made swords that imitate the Japanese swords and most are pretty low quality. This example is the best of the genre I have seen and may actually utilize a Japanese blade. The typed inscription gives it a bit of a military feel. Quite an impressive piece.

$695

Unusual Moro Bangkung Pira Hybrid Sword. This sword measures 25 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle has a brass ferrule and then a chord wrapped grip with a faceted Carabao horn pommel. The top of the pommel with fine decorations as well as around the bottom. The blade reminds me a bit of Pira blades. This blade shows laminations along the cutting edge in the form of a hamon and also along the spine in some areas and I can see additional pattern in the center of the blade. This one would benefit from a good polish and etch to really accentuate the pattern. It would be super nice. There is a bit of staining on the blade in some areas. The scabbard is very nice with a carved section at the top of the scabbard that has been filled with lyme to give it a nice contrast. The body of the scabbard with rattan wrap and then there is additional carvings at the very bottom of the scabbard with more lyme inlay. A very nice and somewhat unique Moro sword.

$695

Fine Moro Kris sword with Twistcore Blade. This sword measures 29 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle has a small metal ferrule with chord wrap below it and then the entire grip is covered in chord wrap of varying degrees of thickness, style of braiding and color. At the very top the pommel is wood with fine grain in the horse hoof style. The wavy blade is forged of twistcore steel. You have a darkened zone along the edges on both sides with the twistcore pattern running down the center of the blade. There is a missing clamp at the top of the blade at the gangya. There are a few areas of pitting on the blade. The scabbard is a quality piece of wood with the top piece exhibiting fine carvings. A section of the top scabbard piece is a later replacement but is expertly done as it blends with the carving very well. There is additional carving at the very bottom of the scabbard.

$1195

Moro Kris sword with horsehoof pommel and silver inlaid blade. This is a good sized Moro Kris with a very beefy blade. It measures 28 3/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a white metal ferrule with the grip wrapped in a braided twine that has been soaked in an organic material. The pommel is horsehoof shaped, wood with nice grain with one repair (have to look super close to see it) to one area. The beefy blade is 2” wide at the forte. It is inlaid on both sides with silver wire. The undulating wavy blade has visible laminations on both sides. The wood scabbard with a well carved top piece. One area has been restored but done very well as it blends well with the carving and is hardly noticeable. The very bottom of the scabbard with carvings as well. An added touch is that the bottom of the scabbard is slightly ridged like the top of the pommel. A very good Moro Kris.

$695

Moro Kris sword with Mother of Pearl on scabbard. This sword measures 27 1/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a metal ferrule a twine wrapped grip in alternating sections of smooth and braided with a nice faceted wood pommel. The half wavy, half straight blade has visible laminations particularly along the cutting edges in the form of a hamon. Double pierced fretwork and a well sculpted elephants trunk round out the top of the blade. There are two white metal clamps. The blade has a shallow fuller in the straight section of the blade with a carved floral decoration at the top of this fuller. The scabbard is wood with the front of the top piece covered in Mother of Pearl with fine carvings and lovely black background in sections to provide a very nice contrast. The majority of the scabbard is covered in thin rattan strips. All in all, an attractive sword.

$595

Nice quality Moro Punal Gunong dagger. This fine knife measures 9 3/8” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a metal guard with a metal ferrule with highly decorated bulbous center piece. The pommel is wood and of a flashy grain like banati wood. The sharp double edged blade of laminated steel. The scabbard with a wood center and two silver alloy mounts. The very top and bottom of the scabbard mounts with scalloped edges and the belt clip with fine decorations to the surface. A quality knife.

$195

Nice Filipino Dagger of the 1st Replubic era. This knife measures 11 3/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood, and faceted with a silver ferrule and a missing pommel cap that would have also been silver. The guard is silver and in a S shape. There are 3 individual chains hanging from the guard. The blade is double edged and has a high center median ridge. Has some oxidation/staining on both sides of the blade. The scabbard is wood with 3 silver mounts. There are two metal rings, one on each of the two top mounts with a similar chain as found on the guard. The top of the scabbard with a belt clip. A very nice knife.

$395

Nice Filipino Dagger with stamped leather scabbard. This Spanish American war period knife measures 15” when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a steel ferrule and steel pommel with a wood grip with twisted silver wire. The wood with a nice rich patina. The blade has a clipped point like a Bowie knife. The blade has some grinding marks along the edge on both sides but the cutting edge is pretty sharp. The leather scabbard is quite nice. You have a leather throat and then a stamped leather body being decorated with a flower. The reverse side with tight stitching. A very nice Filipino knife of a form not commonly encountered.

$295

Nice Filipino Matulis Sword with leather scabbard. This piece measures 22 1/2” when measured in its scabbard. The handle is a thick piece of faceted wood with a slight notch at the top to secure the grip. It has an iron ferrule. The blade is wider at the forte and tapers towards the tip which angles down. The spine of the sword has a bumpy surface where it has been used at some point in its life like a hammer. The leather scabbard is nice with a large belt loop to secure it. A nice Spanish American war period piece.

$295

Very fine Javanese Keris sword with gold inlaid blade. This Keris measures 20 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is Javanese style with facets and nice carvings. The large mendak has a lot of small diamond insets. I believe these are small diamonds because of the sparkle and reflective qualities in the lights. The blade is very nice with nice pamor, and more importantly, good quality gold inlay at the gangya side and top. Also, the singha, the seated lion, has some gold inlay as well. The scabbard wood is cool. The top piece has a bold flashing grain to one side and then a two toned color to the opposite side. The scabbard sleeve with a marking on one side which may be an identifier. A very good quality Keris.

$995

Fine Old Palembang Keris with well carved ivory handle. This Keris measures 18 1/2” when measured in its scabbard. The handle is ivory and has very detailed carvings. The mendak appears to be silver and is decorated on the surface. The blade has fine fullering at the forte on both sides. The blade has some pitting and oxidation. The scabbard is very nice wood and well carved. A nice old complete example.

$495 On Hold

Hefty bladed Madurese Keris sword with interesting Ganja inlay. This keris measures 21 1/8” when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood and is very nicely carved with floral decorations all over the surface of the handle. The mendak is brass with beaded decoration throughout. The blade is a hefty and beefy one. It measures 16” in total length and is 2 1/2” wide as measured from the elephants trunk in a straight line. The blade has a black surface color with silver pamor lines throughout. One of the most interesting features is an inlaid brass snake body that goes along the side of the gangya and finishes with a raised head on the top of the gangya. Very unusual and something I haven’t seen before. The scabbard is wood with a very large top piece.

$495

Old Madurese Keris Sword with feathered pamor and silver scabbard. This Keris measures 16 3/8” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is ivory and is very well carved. You have a crown and a winged dragon amongst the carvings. The mendak is a white metal with white and red stones or glass. The blade sports a cool feathered pamor on both sides. The scabbard is quite nice as well. The top wood piece with a single line across the middle on both sides with the scabbard stem covered in silver that is heavily decorated. There is a band at the top of the silver sleeve that sports a pinkish red stone. A really nice Kris.

$495

Fine Madurese Keris sword with well carved scabbard. This Keris measures 18 1/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. It features a very well carved ivory handle that features a winged dragon, winged horse and a crown as part of the carvings. The mendak appears to be brass with beaded decoration. The pamor blade with lines at the forte, an open space, and then more lines into an open space and this repeats throughout. An attractive pamor. The scabbard is quite lovely. The top piece is very well carved with a winged horse on each side with a crown. One side with a brass crown attached. The exposed wood down the center of the sleeve is also carved. The scabbard sleeve seems to be some type of alloy with some silver content to it. A really lovely Keris.

$595

Composite Keris Sword with fine Bugis blade and Madurese handle and scabbard. Who knows how this piece came together but it has been this way since at least the 1960’s. This Keris features a very fine Bugis style blade with very fine pamor and a gangya with longitudinal pamor lines. The handle is Madurese with very fine carving and a more Bugis style mendak. The scabbard is pellet wood with nice alternating dark and light colors. Each element is quite nice on its own right and has been together for at least 60 years.

$395

Indonesian Arit chopper knife with animal head pommel. This piece measures 11” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood and features a ribbed grip, a crack running along the edge on one side, with an animal head pommel. The eyes on the animal are inlaid with probably bone. The chopper shaped blade is 6 5/8” long and is 2 1/4” at its widest point. There are the letters E N T stamped in the blade on one side and then a smaller stamping that is not legible. The scabbard is wood with fine grains in it with a slot cut out on its side to accommodate such an unusual, shaped blade.

$99

Indonesian Tombak spearhead with scabbard. This piece measures 25 1/2” when measured in its scabbard. This is a large Tombak. The long handle is wood with the lower section done in a spiral fluted pattern and then you have a couple of knobs and then the last bit to the pommel. There is a metal ferrule at the base of the handle. The blade is an old, probably Javanese, spearhead. The blade has a thick midrib on both sides and it is made of pamor steel. The tip has become rounded in time. The scabbard is nice. It is of wood with lovely carvings to both sides that have been painted. There is a broken piece of wood on one side. A nice and complete Tombak of large proportions.

$249 On Hold

Chinese Boxer Rebellion Period Sword. This sword measures 35 3/4” in total length. The handle has an iron ferrule and then a curved grip, which actually feels nice in the hand, of wood with a stable crack to the sides of the grip. No wiggle at all. The pommel and pommel cap are also iron. The guard is slightly oval with a recess on the blade side. The sword has really good heft and features a straight blade with a wide, almost Turkish Yelman style broadening of the blade down towards the tip. There are a couple of fullers on each side. The blade with stabilized rust/oxidation throughout. This is a proto-Niuweidao sword and was likely a Village made sword made for use during the Boxer Rebellion wars.

$395

Nice 19th century Chinese short sword. This sword measures 23 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood and faceted. There are 3 brass rivets on one side only. There is an iron washer on the top of the pommel with the tang peined over. There is an iron ferrule and an S shaped guard. The straight single edge blade which is still sharp has oxidation patches all over the surface. This is a fast sword used for close quarters combat. The wood scabbard with some scrolling decoration to the front and some metal bands, a couple coming loose, to secure the halves. A not very common form of Chinese fighting short sword.

$395

African Gile Jambiya sword with leather scabbard with attached belt. This sword measures 20 1/8” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood in an I shape with a very heavy thick brass cup shaped pommel. The curved blade has been made from a file. You can see the cross hatching from the file. Has a pretty good edge and a nice, elongated point. The scabbard is quite nice. It is leather over wood with hanging tassels and an old green electric wire plug as an adornment. Strung through the scabbard is a leather belt with the leather still being fairly supple. A really nice example of a Gile that would have been used and worn by a tribal member.

$149

Borneo Dayak Mandau sword with carved figures on the scabbard. This sword measures 21 3/4” in total length. It is much smaller than typically encountered but the proportions are right so it possibly was made for a child or young adult. The handle is staghorn with carvings of leaches, a monkey on one side and a snake on the opposite side. The grip is braded rattan and it has its organic plug. The blade has decorative fretwork at the base as well as at the tip of the blade. The surface of the blade is blacked on the upper half on one side and is blackened for the majority of the opposite side. There are a few brass inlaid plugs on one side of the blade. The scabbard is wood with dyed tufts of hair in pinks, whites and blacks. There are some carved staghorn attachments to the front of the scabbard depicting a man on each end holding a snake, and then some lizards and another snake. The back with a palm bark pouch and it has its rattan belt loop. An interesting mandau given its size and the decorations.

$225

Sumatran Rencong dagger with horn handle and scabbard. This knife measures 11 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is black horn with a steel bolster that is forged integrally with the blade. The blade is highly polished with some fine surface scratching remaining on the blade. The scabbard is also horn with three sections of metal wire wrap to secure the two scabbard halves.

$95

Vietnamese War era Dha sword. This sword measures 35 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The long handle features a rattan wrapped grip with metal ferrule and pommel. The blade, which is not fully seated in the handle, has an attractive shape with the widening at the tip and the elongated point. There are some S shaped lines on both sides of the blade and a few markings on the spine. The scabbard is a nice wood, done in two halves and held together with rattan bands.

$125

South American Aguila Weyersburg Soligen Machete with fine scabbard. This machete measures 23 3/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of two slab grips secured to the tang with 3 rivets on each side. The blade is marked on one side with a trumpet, and then the word Aguila with what looks like an Eagle above it, and then A star sign 1 and below this GEBR Weyersburg and below that Soligen. Below all of this is No 721. The blade is thin and flexible with a good edge. The scabbard is quite nice. The throat is stamped 18. The front side of the leather scabbard is painted and has this elaborate leather rope weave ending in long tassels at the base of the scabbard. All in all a really nice machete with German made blade for the South American market.

$99

African Tebu Dagger with good blade and scabbard. This knife measures 12 5/8" in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a grip of fine leather with very detailed decorations and a pommel with a steel arrow shaped top. The blade is attractive featuring an offset fuller, the blade widens about 2/3rd of the way towards the long elongated tip. The scabbard is leather with a leather belt loop. An attractive and well made knife.

$125

Javanese Bendo Knife with Horn Handle and Scabbard. This knife measures 10 1/2" in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is a polished black horn that features a human head, possibly a wayang figure, on the pommel. There is a carved band towards the base of the grip. The blade is a chopper style blade in the Javanese Bendo style, that has been chrome plated and has scratched in one side the name "Ronald E Kempf". The scabbard is also a polished black horn with metal nails around the edges and a scalloped bottom. There is a matching head to the pommel that has been carved and added to the scabbard. An interesting knife.

$95

Sudanese Tuareg Arm dagger. This piece measures 25" in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle has a Y shape with a pommel with a bell shape. The grip has nicely decorated brass work and there is a metal crossguard. The blade is a simple one with decorations to both sides. The scabbard is leather with nice decorations. This is a later example of an arm band but it is well made.

$95

Rare Sind Tulwar Hilted Shamshir Sword with rare double rung ladder pattern wootz damascus steel blade. The sword measures 36" in total length when measured in its scabbard and in a straight line from the tip of the scabbard to the top of the pommel. The tulwar style handle is in the style of those from the Sind region and is iron covered in gold leaf. The gold leaf is about 95% intact with just a few small areas of flaking/loss to the gold leaf. The blade is a curved shamshir blade forged of damascus wootz steel which features a rare double rung ladder pattern. There is a dark shaded area or hamon that shows and is from heat treating. There are a couple of burnt out or faded spots in the pattern and one line where the grain opened up for a few inches crack or line in the metal. The scabbard features rare gold and silver floral decorated mounts. Like the handle, it appears to be a thick gold leaf over a base metal as you have some areas of loss of the metal or the leaf. The red velvet is a recent replacement. Sind swords are not as common and one with a double rung ladder pattern blade with gold leaf hilt and unusual scabbard mounts make this a rare encounter.

$4495

Superb Chinese Jian dagger. This fine dagger or short sword measures 19 3/8" when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of two slabs of wood with a hectagonal rosette on both sides in which a very nice green fabric tassel passes through. The pommel, ferrule and guard are all brass. The guard and pommel with matching floral decoration chased on the brass. The scabbard is wood covered in dyed green rayskin with 4 mounts in brass that are ensuite with the handle pommel and guard. The tiliang bar with a yellow twine passed through holding two jade rings. The blade is razor sharp and made from laminated steel. You can see the layering along the edges especially down towards the V shaped tip which is also quite sharp. The blade with 7 inlaid brass dots on each side. Some minor oxidation on the blade. All in all, a very fine short Jian sword that is complete with a very sharp blade. The sword was owned by Charles Mason Hurley who operated an export business in Hong Kong in the late 19th to early 20th century.

$1200

Filipino Bolo Sword with Unusual Dog Head Pommel. This piece measures 20" in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood with a 8-sided faceted grip with a finely carved dog head pommel. One side has inlaid bone done in varying shapes and this is done on one side only. The ferrule is brass. The wood has a nice stain with the lower half showing some wear as to be expected from handling. The blade is very well forged and is flat on one side and has a nice strong beveled edge on the opposite side. The blade is quite sharp. The scabbard is made from two pieces of wood glued together but it has a good thickness to house the stout blade. All in all, a finely crafted Filipino Bolo.

$395

French dagger in the style of a Turkish court dagger circa 1860-1870. This interesting dagger measures 19 3/8” in total length when measured in its scabbard. This dagger is French made, circa 1860-70, in the Viollet le Duc style and period, and made in the style of an early Turkish court dagger. The handle and scabbard are very fine and precise cast iron. Superb details in both the handle and the scabbard. The blade measures 12 1/8” in total when measured on its own. Very nice steel blade with central ridge and one fuller on each side of the ridge line in partial length of the blade. A superb dagger of cross cultural interest.

$2495

Unusual and rare four bladed Indian Bullova Axe. This axe measures 31 3/4" from the bottom of the handle to the top. The steel blade measures 9 5/8" from the back of the poll to the furthest blade point. The handle is wood with nice patina. The brass piece at the very bottom of the handle is very nicely done. It is faceted and has beaded decorations. The upper portion of the handle has been wrapped in brass wire. The steel blade has four separate blades. One of the blades has a slightly bent tip. There are some line decorations on one side of the blade. A nice and interesting Bullova variant.

$395

Indian Kukri sword with decorated blade. This sword measures 19" in total length. The blade is 14 1/2" long and is 1 1/2" wide at the forte and 3 7/8" at its widest point. The handle is a steel tulwar handle. The blade has the entire surface decorated on both sides with temple scenes, peacocks, elephants, horses with a stippled background.

$225

Nice quality large Nepalese karda knife. This knife measures 6/7/8" in total length with a blade length of 4 3/4". The handle is polished bone, maybe ivory, with a brass pommel cap. The steel bolsters are forged integrally with the blade which is very nicely made. It is a thick blade with thick cut outs at the forte. Strong beveled edge and the blade is quite sharp.

$95

Unusual Sumatran Thick Bladed Knife. This knife measures 13 5/8" in total length. The handle is wood with a very fine grain in an abstract design with upturned beak or nose. There is an old chip to the tip of this projection. The ferrule is silver. The blade is narrow and thick at the forte and then widens towards the belly of the blade. It is flat on one side and slightly convex on the opposite side. It has very good heft for its size. Some oxidation and areas of pitting on the blade.

$225

Wide and deep bellied Balkan, likely Bulgarian, Karakulak Yataghan dagger. This large piece measures 16 3/4" in total length. The blade is 11 1/2" long and is 2" wide at the forte and 3" at its widest point. The handle is horn with eared pommels as found on yataghans. There are 3 rivets on each side securing the slab grips to the tang. The bolster is lead or pewter and likely a working life repair. The surface of the blade with heavy oxidation and areas of pitting.

$195

Madurese Keris with very good scabbard. This piece will restore nicely. It is missing a mendak but it has a very nice blade and the scabbard is quite nice. The handle is a well carved ivory with lots of floral decorations. There is a crack to each side but the piece holds solid. The blade with round tang and an interesting elephants trunk. Nice pamor steel and the blade has very elegant waves. The scabbard is very nice. The top wood piece is nicely shaped and of a lovely grain. The scabbard sleeve appears to be a silver alloy with decent silver content with the front side very finely carved with various decorations. The back of the scabbard is plain with the exception of a fern or some type of leaf decoration. Some very nice components to this Keris.

$249

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