RSword Antique Blades

Fabulous Indian Katar dagger with silver decorated handle, wootz blade and superb silver scabbard. This Katar measures 11 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle has a heavy gilt silver leaf on the base metal grip with lovely floral decorations. The gilt silver is pretty much 100% there with no losses. The blade with beveled edges, thickened armor piercing tip and a high median ridge with sunken panels that exhibit a tight damascus wootz pattern. The scabbard is a work of art. It is a high quality silver. Raised decorations with bird and floral themes. A very high quality Indian Katar dagger in excellent condition overall. One of the nicest Katar I have seen.

$4995

Very good Indian Coorg Ayda Katti sword with horn handle. This example measures 20” in total length. The blade measures 13 1/4” in length and is 4 1/2” at its widest point. The grip is a dark horn, likely water buffalo, with the upper portion of the grip chequered. There is a hole towards the top of the grip that goes through that would have accommodated a lanyard. The lower portion of the grip is smooth with dot in circle motif. The pommel is a lighter color horn, most likely a rare albino water buffalo horn, with dot in circle motif all around the pommel. There is a brass washer on the top of the pommel. The pommel has a bit of wiggle as the grip likely shrank a tad bit with age. The ferrule is a very nice thick waisted block. The upper portion of the blade at the ferrule is square with some chiseled decoration. Collection number label on one side. The blade with sharp, beveled edge. Some oxidation and minor pitting on the blade but surface of blade is smooth to the touch. A fine and not too common Coorg weapon.

$995

Nice Ottoman Yataghan sword with nice goldwork on twistcore damascus blade. This sword measures 29” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is comprised of horn grip scales secured to the tang via 4 hand cut rivets on each side. The tang band that wraps around and between the grip scales is covered in gold koftgari. The bolster also covered in gold koftgari. The forward curving blade has a chiseled area at the forte as opposed to metal overlay that is often seen on Yataghan. This chiseled area is covered in nice gold koftgari. That decoration continues on the spine. The spine has a chiseled area, like a fuller, which is an added mark of quality. There is also a narrow fuller carved just below the spine on each side. There is one cartouche on one side of the blade and 3 cartouche on the opposite side. Each one with Arabic inscription done in gold koftgari. The blade has a complex twistcore damascus pattern visible throughout the blade. The blade has one forging flaw along with some edge imperfections to one side. The scabbard is leather over wood. The leather has split on the edge side where the sharp edge of the blade has drawn against it for awhile. A very nice Yataghan.

$1295

Old Chinese fighting whip chain with each link riveted and ability to swivel. Quite an ingenious design on this specialized weapon. It measures 31 3/4” in total length when stretched out. The steel grip pieces measure 4” each. There is a pinned hook at the top of each steel bar. This top section can rotate around so it isn’t fixated in one spot. It can rotate 360% in either direction. This steel loop holds a link. The links are riveted to a kind of dumbbell shaped rod. So you have link on link on rod. All riveted together for stability and durability. The cool thing is that each loop riveted to the bar can swivel 360 degrees in either direction. This ingenious design keeps the chain from kinking up when you are swinging it around. The trained martial artist using this weapon can strike by holding one end and whipping the chain to allow the steel bar on the opposite end to strike the opponent. You could also hold both steel bars and use the chain to block or deflect a sword or dagger blow. A wonderful and well made specialized weapon for the 19th century Chinese martial artist.

$495

Very good silver mounted Sumatran Sikin Panjang sword. This sword measures 28 7/8” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood with a very nice patina. It has a forked ending and detailed carvings in the grip and on the top and bottom of the forked pommel. The carving on the grip has raised lines creating a border with the interior finished in a checquered design. There is some wood loss on the top of the upper forked end and some chips to the wood on the opposite forked end. The bolster is steel in a crowned design. The blade is forged of pattern welded damascus steel. You can see the layered pattern throughout the blade. The scabbard is quite nice. It is wood with a very nice carved top piece. There is a chip to the wood on one side and the end on one side is squared off but done a long time ago as the patina matches the rest of the wood. There are 4 wide silver bands along the scabbard. A very nice Sumatran Aceh sword.

$625

Large Fighting Moro Kris sword with interesting pommel and scabbard. This sword measures 31” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is quite interesting. It is a large handle with thick grip and massive pommel. The grip is covered in woven rattan. The wood pommel is huge. It is a nice chunk of wood with cool grain and patina. The ferrule at the base is silver. The straight double edge blade with nice elephants trunk and good fretwork. The blade has a V shaped central lamination of a lighter color than the edge areas. Nice clean blade with sharp edges. Nice solid wood scabbard with hand cut nails throughout. An interesting and somewhat unique form of Moro Kris.

$425

Unique and rare Thai Bird pommeled dha sword. This sword measures slightly under 28” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle features a long horn grip in the shape of a birds head with very long beak. There are two eyes that were formed with a steel washer and rivet. The horn has a minor split on the bottom half of the handle but it is not separated and the handle is solid. There is a metal ferrule at the base of the grip. The blade has a beveled edge along the spine that starts about 4 1/2” from the forte. The grind marks remain and were never polished out. The cutting edge is sharp. Relatively clean blade with a few patches of oxidation. The scabbard takes on the shape of the birds body. It is rounder at the upper half with what looks like feathered wings. From this carved section the scabbard narrows and tapers down to the tip. So when the sword is in its scabbard it gives the appearance of the full bird. The head and beak on the scabbard and the round body with wings on the upper portion of the scabbard. A fairly rare form of dha sword.

$895

Interesting Burmese or Thai Dha sword. This sword measures 32 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood, showing a lovely patina, with odd dark striping around the grip. Perhaps was covered in some type of wire. the top of the handle with decorated brass ferrule and a 1920 dated copper coin. The lower portion of the grip with a brass ferrule with decorations and cut out designs. The circular guard is brass. The blade is fast with sharp edge and squared off tip. The wood scabbard is thick, of wood base with brass mounts and a nice fabric baldric.

$325

Silver mounted Ottoman Kurdish Jamibya dagger. This knife measures 16 7/8” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is a black wood or horn with a silver wrap at the base. The double edged blade is well made with a strong medial ridge. The blade has some oxidation throughout but in good general shape. The scabbard with silver mounts and leather central section. There is a silver belt clip on the top scabbard mount. The bottom scabbard mount with a dent and the tip has been bent. A nice attractive dagger.

$595

Nice Visayan WW2 Tenegre Sword with interesting decorations on handle and scabbard. The sword measures 26 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood with a monster head with long nose. The handle has pieces of white metal or aluminum in interesting shapes like hearts, triangles and ovals nailed to the handle. One piece is loose and there are a couple of missing metal pieces. The ferrule at the base of the grip is of the same metal as the grip. The guard is a thin sheet of aluminum that is loose with some wiggle. Very nice blade with floral decorations on each side and a long clipped point. The scabbard has a wood core with carvings and then lots of metal covering. There are heart shapes, floral designs and triangles. The metal bands with words inscribed starting from the bottom: Inda Y, Mindanao, Visayas, and Luzon. Attractive sword from the WW2 and after period.

$149

Very nice Ottoman shamshir with gold work on handle and wootz blade. This is a long shamshir measuring 38 1/4” in total length when measured in a straight line from the top of the pommel to the tip of the blade. The handle consists of rhino horn slabs and a steel tang band that is covered in very nice gold koftgari. There are a few bug nibbles to the grip mostly on one side. The cross guard is quite nice, is steel, and has a lovely gold koftgari decoration on most of the surface area. The pattern is en suite with the tang band. The curved blade is forged of damascus wootz steel. The pattern is consistent and shows as a flowing, wood grain type pattern. There is remnants of a cartouche on one side but only the cross hatching remains. A good quality Ottoman shamshir.

$2400

Fantastic and Rare Carved Ivory Moro Jungayan Barong hilt. This is one of the finest carved ivory handles (one of the few carved ones I am aware of) for a Moro barong that exists. It is a very large handle measuring 7” from the top of the handle to the very bottom. The top of the pommel is huge. It measures 6 1/8” from crest to beak and it is 1 3/8” at its widest point. Each side of the grip and the top of the pommel has very good deeply carved scenes. The sides of the grips with scrolling vine carvings and the top with bamboo and leaves. The style of carving is very Chinese. There are a couple of restorations that are done so well you couldn’t tell unless you looked extremely closely at it. Likely the hilt of a wealthy Chinese-Filipino Datu.

$1800

Very fine Spanish Filipino Colonial Period Bicol Sword with massive thick blade. This sword measures 21 1/4” in total length. The handle is a dark carabao horn with faceted and carved grip depicting fine floral decorations and an animal head pommel with curling lips exposing big teeth, narrow set eyes and ears. Tall pommel nut on top. The ferrule is brass and faceted to match the grip. The blade is a thick and heavy blade with a step down spine that rolls into a clipped point. Very sharp edge. Quite a rare sword of the Filipino Spanish Colonial period.

$895

Very nice Filipino Visayan Tenegre sword with abstract pommel. This sword measures 24” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of an iron ferrule that is faceted to match the facets of the grip and pommel. The pommel is done in an abstract monster head. Similar swords often have the monster head carved out in great detail but this example takes on the shape but is abstract as it doesn’t show any features like the eyes, mouth, etc. Very sharp blade. The blade is flat on one side and the opposite side with a very strong beveled edge. The spine side drops into a strongly angled false edge. A bevel has been added to the false edge. Very sharp point. The scabbard is wood with a leather throat and brass bands. A superb fighting sword.

$495

Very good long silver and ivory mounted Laotian dha sword. This long sword measures 44” in total length. The handle consists of a long tusk shaped ivory handle with nice decorated silver ferrule and decorated silver cross guard. The blade has a fairly thick spine and is more narrow at the forte and widens some towards the tip before narrowing back to the point. The scabbard is completely covered in deeply carved silver with multiple animal depictions amongst the floral and vine decorated background. A very nice and quite large Laotian dha sword.

$1200

Very good silver and ivory mounted Laotian dha dagger. This knife measures 22 3/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a tusk shaped ivory section with nicely carved silver ferrule. The blade with thick spine and is narrower at the forte and center of the blade before widening and then having a strong taper to the tip. The scabbard is silver with lovely carved floral decorations. Nice, braided rope baldric attached to the top scabbard mount.

$695

Interesting Filipino Short Sword with Monster Pommel and Snake Head Scabbard. This sword measures 23 1/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The pommel is wood and features a monster head pommel. It has the open mouth with teeth and prominent nose like you see on Visayan monster head pommels but the ears are more prominent on this one like the Bicol bat head pommels. The grip is faceted and has a brass ferrule. The guard is wood with a downturned quillon. The wood guard reminds me of Visayan pieces and the downturned quillon over the spine of similar features on guards of the Spanish American war period. The blade is narrow at the forte with some decorative scalloping on the cutting edge. The blade widens towards the tip and then has a clipped point. The spine is thick at the forte. The blade profile reminds me of Minasbad blades. The blade has some oxidation throughout. The scabbard is wood, done in two halves, with two rattan bands. There is a carved belt hook at the top and the very bottom of the scabbard is in the shape of a snake head. The scabbard has a cut opening at the top to accommodate the downturned quillon. A very interesting and unique Filipino short sword demonstrating a variety of regional styles.

$425

Unusual Filipino Short Sword with Unique and Sharp Blade. This sword measures 18 3/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood or carabao horn with eight facets and a slight angle to the grip. The top of the pommel with a washer over the tang. The ferrule is faceted brass. The blade is interesting. It is very straight. The blade is quite narrow at the forte but the spine is thickest at this section. The cutting edge is very sharp. It reminds me of a scapel. Very straight and very sharp. There is some old gun grease on the blade on both sides that will clean off easily. The scabbard is wood with a lovely patina. There is a carved belt loop and the bottom of the scabbard turns up slightly. There is also a carved design on one side at the top of the scabbard. There is a slight loss of wood to the reverse side. I haven’t seen a Filipino knife exactly like this one before. Quite unique and interesting.

$225

Algerian Flyssa Sword with Curved Blade. This sword measures 23 1/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood, with nice patina, with inlaid brass wire to create a pattern on each side of the grip, with hooked pommel. The S-Shaped guard with ball shaped finials. The curved blade has an elongated point that has bent at some point in its life. The blade has carved lines and decorations on both sides as well as the spine. The wood scabbard has a lovely patina and the front side has very nice carvings. There are four brass bands with punch dot decoration. The very tip of the scabbard has broken at some point in its life and the lower portion of the blade protrudes from this open section.

$149

Nice Algerian Flyssa sword with broader, deeper bellied blade. This sword measures 32 3/4” in total length. The handle is comprised of two slabs of well patinated wood with two rivets on each side to secure the grip to the tang. The bolster is steel and is octagonally faceted with the tang an extension running between the two grip slabs. The blade has a broader center section and a deeper “belly” than what you see on the really long flyssa. This one feels great in the hands and seems a much more practical fighting sword than those really long ones. The blade has brass inlaid decorations along the spine on both sides. Sharp blade. The tip is squared off. The spine has some numeric and symbol markings. A really good Flyssa sword.

$595

Borneo Dayak Jimpul Sword with blade decorations. This sword measures 28” in total length. The handle is staghorn and is carved in great detail. The handle is carved with leeches, endless knot decoration and some other geometric designs. The base of the grip has brass wire wrap and it is missing its organic plug. The blade is curved and the spine is thick. There is a chiseled “crowit” at the forte of the blade and then all along the spine on both sides are chiseled decorations. Towards the tip the blade has some punched hole and other carved decorations that stand out along the false edge. The blade has a sharp edge and some oxidation throughout. A good sold Borneo sword.

$495

Quality Indian dagger with robust blade and fine scabbard. This is the nicest dagger of this handle style I have ever seen. It is a large example measuring 20 1/2” in total length. The handle consists of two slab grips of mother of pearl sections with black enamel inlaid and a red enamel border. The tang band runs between these MOP slabs finishing into the bolster on one side and on the spine side it finishes with a decorative halberd shape. The pommel is a green jadeite in a beaked birdhead shape. The top has a small steel loop with a chain with silver pendent at the bottom. The blade is a khanjar shape with upswept tip. The blade has a well ground fuller along the spine and a beveled edge. The blade in very good condition with little oxidation or pitting. The scabbard, made exactly for this knife and a perfect fit, is a wood core covered in red and green velvet with decorative seams. The steel chape with floral decoration. There is a silver coin set between two gold seams with a fine pierced lanyard holding a fine chain which is wrapped around the scabbard and features a red carnelian stone set into a top and bottom bezel. A very fine Indian dagger, best of this form, in top condition and very rare top quality scabbard.

$1895

Quality Silver Mounted Filipino Bicol Saber. The quality silver mounts would suggest this was owned by a person of rank or wealth. It measures 30” in total length. The handle is carabao horn that is faceted and each facet with a scallop ending at the pommel. The pommel appears to be a bat head with long ears, each with some chips/minor losses. In its mouth is a one piece guard/knucklebow-shell guard. It is made of silver and features lovely scrolling vine and leaf decor. The ferrule at the base of the grip is also silver. The blade is long with a clipped point and sharp edge. There is oxidation throughout on both sides. A really nice higher end Bicol saber of the late 19th century.

$995

Very Nice African Sudanese Sword with tribal blade markings. This sword measures 32 1/2” in total length. The handle is cylindrical with straight, deeply incised carvings on two sides and then diagonal carvings on one side and the last side with sideways carvings. Has a faceted section at the lower grip and the pommel sits atop another faceted section. The pommel is somewhat triangular shaped. The handle material is some type of bone. It has a brass cross guard. The blade is relatively thin with a lovely cut out towards the forte of a long tailed lizard or crocodile with brass inlaid eyes. At the forte are various symbols of unknown meaning. Additional semi-circle marks throughout the blade. This is a ceremonial weapon of the Ingessana, Fur and Fundj and generally date back to around the Mahdist period of the late 19th century.

$895

Rare African Ivory handled dagger of the Yao tribe in Mozambique. This knife measures 13 1/4” in total length. The handle is a very large ivory tusk section. Very thick and chunky grip with two nails to each side. The grip is split on the sides for the tang and bolster to be inserted. There are a number of circle decorations throughout. The bolster is steel with a ribbed flat section next to the blade. The blade with double fullers on each side and symbols on the blade on one side near the forte. Possibly psuedo European blade markings done in imitation. The blade with some dark oxidation to each side. A few nicks along the edge. These are fairly rare. There are a number of examples referenced in the British Musuem that were field collected in the early 20th century around Mocimboa Da Praia in Portuguese East Africa, Mozambique. Likely late 19th to early 20th century.

$595

Very nice African Manding dagger with ivory handle. This knife measures 14” in total length. The handle has a silver ferrule with an ivory grip. The ivory grip with dot in circle motif. Above that grip section are two horn spacers with an ivory disc in between. Then the pommel finishes with another ivory piece with dot in circle motif. The blade is single edged with a long false edge after a thin spine area. The blade has a forte carved into a block section with more dot and dot in circle motif. The blade with hammer marks/grinding marks to each side so wasn’t completed with a polished surface. A rare knife given the ivory handle.

$395

Nice Tbilisi Georgian Kindjal with Decorated Central Paneled Blade. This piece measures 20 5/8” in total length. The handle consists of two slabs of dark horn secured by three rivets. Two have niello silver domes on the opposite side with ace of spade shaped niello silver washers. In the center of the grip is a silver niello teardrop shaped washer. The blade is double edged with a deeply stamped makers mark at the forte with some kind of markings on the inside. In the center of the blade are double fullers with decorated patterning in the recesses of the fullers. The patterns are bold and vivid, stronger on one side. Long tip that is slightly bent. An attractive and large dagger.

$650

Nice Filipino Sword with Textile Wrapped Scabbard and Rare Carved Handle. This sword measures 31” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The scabbard style and the handle point to this being a form of Minasbad with a different blade shape but the scabbard is quite similar to Minasbad so likely a Bicol sword. The handle is quite large and is faceted and made of wood with a brass ferrule and guard. One side is carved with what looks like a boat with a man lying in it with huts all around. There are many huts depicted so it seems to be illustrating a village. The opposite side shows a couple of huts and then a stand of tall trees, maybe palm trees or something similar. The carver seems to be depicting their village. Very cool carving. Equally cool is the scabbard with the textile cloth. The textile cloth is quite old, red in color with lovely floral patterns to it. Textiles on handles and scabbards were referred to as munsala. It had talismanic meanings to support the warrior in battle. The scabbard is made of two wood halves, one much thicker than the other one, with some losses to the wood in a few spots. The blade is quite beefy and sharp. A very nice Filipino sword with some rare features.

$395

Filipino Mandaya Spearhead with ferrule and part shaft. This piece measures 30 1/4” in total length. The dimensions of the spearhead itself is 13 1/2” long to the end of the bolster and 2 1/2” wide. Given the shape and the size of this spearhead I believe it is Mandaya. It is unusual regardless and not a common shape or size. It has a floral decoration at the base and lines that converge into a lance tip shape towards the tip. The long bolster has a brass ferrule at the top and then nickel silver sections with brass or bronze discs. The wood section that remains is squared off at the bottom and has a single brass bands. Feels good in your hands so would make an effective hand weapon as is. Mandaya spearhead/spears are not very common. A nice and unusual Moro/Mandaya spearhead.

$495

Borneo Dayak Mandau Sword with Nice Piso Raut. This sword measures 28 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is staghorn and is extensively carved with leaches and other decorations. Has a nice braided rattan wrap along with twisted wire wrap. It is missing its organic plug at the base of the handle. The blade has nice decorations along the spine with curly Q work on the spine near the tip of the blade. The blade has some oxidation to both sides. The Piso Raut is quite nice. It is quite long with a staghorn pommel that is extensively carved and then sections of horn and wood for the handle and then a well crafted blade. The scabbard is wood with nice rattan wrap. The rattan belt loop with metal ring at the base for carrying. It also has its Palm Bark Scabbard for the Piso Raut but the rattan binding is gone so it is currently being held with a rubber band. The blade is a bit tight going in and out of the scabbard and does not insert all of the way in. A good Mandau sword with the Piso Raut adding nicely as it is often missing.

$425

Well made sword from Timor Island with horn handle and scabbard. The sword measures 32 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is made from bovine horn with a greenish tint with dyed horse hair to the top and bottom of the pommel. There are some decorative metal bands also applied to the handle. The blade with a single wide fuller down the center portion of the blade. It shows some scratches and other signs of use and wear. The scabbard has green bovine horn plaques that make up the scabbard. It has decorative metal bands and star shaped washers that are nailed to the scabbard. The very tip of the scabbard is bent. A well crafted sword that is about 50-75 years old.

$225

World War Two Period Filipino Cebu Dagger with dated leather scabbard. This knife measures 11 1/2” in total length. The handle is made of aluminum, likely aircraft scrap, with a grooved handle and the pommel shaped like a talibon dagger with a heart at the top. 3 plastic buttons are mounted on one side of the handle. The blade is quite nice. It is bowie shaped with the clipped point and features a beveled edge on both sides along with a false edge. It is quite sharp and marked Cebu P.I. on one side. Really a quality blade. The scabbard is tooled leather and is dated 1947 on one side. The front with floral decorations and the reverse side with stitchings. The scabbard does not fit the blade perfectly so may have shrunk a bit with time or is not original to the knife but it looks good and could go with it so included. The tip of the blade poked out of the bottom.

$125

Very nice Sumatran Minangkabau Keris with well carved ivory handle. This Keris measures 13” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is in the Jawa Demam form and is lovely for a number of reasons. The first is it has a lovely patina. The second is that most of the surface area has been carved which is an added touch. There may be an old chip in the handle where the arms cross but the patina is very good. The mendak is likely brass or bronze. It has developed a nice green patina and features carvings. The blade is wavy with shallow waves and a median ridge. The blade has a dark patina. The scabbard is very nice. It has a finely grained wood wrangka and the stem is made from a darker wood. The very bottom of the scabbard is made with the same wood as the wrangka. A very nice and complete Minangkabau Keris.

$695

Fine Sumatran Keris Dagger with Rare 21 Luk Blade. This Keris measures 13” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The Jawa Demam style handle is made from ivory and has some carvings throughout the handle. There are a couple of age cracks but the handle is solid to hold. The mendak is either copper or bronze. It has a nice patina and is well made. The blade is amazing given how many luk (waves) are forged into a blade of this size. It has a very strong median ridge and the waves are very well formed. It also has a longitudinal layering type of pamor. The scabbard is wood with brass bands with carved floral decorations. The very bottom of the scabbard is bone or ivory. A very fine Keris.

$695

Rare old Sumatran Keris dagger with fossilized elephant molar handle. This Keris measures 16 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is quite rare. It is in the Jawa Demam form but made from fossilized elephant molar. The handle has a wonderful patina and is well carved. The mendak cup is made from brass or bronze and is undecorated. Strong blade which is narrower towards the forte and then widens around the middle of the blade. It sports a longitudinally layered pamor pattern. The scabbard is wood with a silver band at the top, middle and bottom of the stem. Between the top and middle stem is a braided twine that is made to look like the braided silver wire that is below it and likely a later replacement. The very bottom of the scabbard is wood. A very nice and rare Sumatran Keris.

$750

Fine Sumatran Badek dagger with ivory Parrot handle. This knife measures 8 1/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle, done in ivory, depicts a parrot head which is carved in very fine detail. The eyes are done with a black stone which contrasts nicely with the ivory. There is a silver collar just above the bolster. The slightly forward curving blade shows laminations throughout. The scabbard is quite nice as well. The top and bottom piece are made of ivory and the middle stem section is made of a finely grained wood. All in all, a quality knife.

$425

Fine Javanese Court Knife with Agate Handle and Arabic Inscribed Blade. This knife measures 5 5/8” in total length. The handle is made of finely polished agate that sports a very nice red hue with streaks of white. The mendak is brass with multi colored stones or glass. The blade takes the shape of Semar which is a popular talismanic icon in Javanese culture. Etched into the blade are several inscriptions which can be translated on one side “Ya Allah, Ya Muhammad, Ya nabi (prophet) and on the other side is a verse from the Qur’an sura 36:58 which reads “Peace (Salam) from a lord most merciful. In the Mangkunegaraan in Solo there is a display of small daggers with agate hilts that are believed to have been in the possession of female abdi dalem (court attendants). It is quite possible this knife was also used by a femal court attendant. Late 19th to early 20th century. A very nice quality knife.

$375

Nice all leather African Mandingo knife with tassels. This knife measures 12” in total length when measured in its scabbard including the tassels at the bottom of the scabbard. The Mandingo make very fine leather swords and knives and the workmanship in this piece is quite good and is likely 3rd quarter of the 20th century. The handle is leather with fine stitching of alternating light and dark colors. There is a black leather design which pairs nicely with the reddish base color. The blade is well made and sharp. It swells in the middle of the blade and then has an elongated point. The scabbard is ensuite to the handle with the red leather base, alternating rows of light, dark and red stitching and then the tassels are very nicely done. It also includes a braided leather belt loop. A very well made and attractive African knife.

$95

Well made small Nepalese Kukri knife. This knife measures 10 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a horn grip with a carved divider section in the middle with two metal bands on each side of the raised section. The upper and lower sections around this raised section with inlaid metal pins. The pommel cap is brass with a lion face and the ferrule is brass. The blade is likely chrome plated, is forward curved and has twin fullers from the bend to the tip. The scabbard is leather over wood with metal mounts. The leather has some simple line carvings to the front.

$75

Interesting and unusual Asian knife. This knife measures 8” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a wood grip with Chinese or Asian symbols carved on each side. The pommel, ferrule and guard are brass. The double edged blade with median ridge comes to a V point. The tip has been chipped and is squared off. The edges of the blade have not been sharpened. The scabbard is brass with punched symbols throughout.

$95

Syrian Jambiya dagger with silver koftgari decoration. This knife measures 7 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle and scabbard are made of steel. There are two nice looking rivets to the handle. The handle and scabbard are covered on both sides with silver koftgari. The top of the scabbard has a band with two belt loops welded to the top. The curved blade with silver koftgari decoration at the forte.

$75

Nice small African knife with quality leather handle and scabbard. This knife measures 10 1/2” in total length. The handle and scabbard are all leather and are very nicely worked. The scabbard has a cool ribbed section and very nice stitching. The blade is flat and double edged. It has some oxidation and a few patches of rust that would clean off with some TLC. A lovely African knife most likely of the Mandingo.

$75

Unusual Balinese sword with fine pamor blade. This sword is unusual in that it sports a Balinese Keris handle in the Cekah Solas style. It is finely carved and faceted in wood. The blade is a pedang blade and is forged of lovely pamor steel. The blade exhibits lovely lamellar lines the full length of the blade and from spine down to the edge. It is a really attractive blade. It is securely mounted into the handle with no wiggle. The scabbard is made for the blade and is made of two pieces of wood secured with a metal band and 2 rattan wraps. It could be a composite piece but the blade and hilt seem to have been together for a long time so it seems more likely it was a custom made piece for someone.

$395

Interesting Indonesian Pedang sword with recurved pamor blade. This sword measures 23 1/2” in total length when measured its scabbard. The handle and scabbard are a lovely brown wood with black lines which is a nice grain and gives it a nice appearance. The blade is interesting in that is is a recurved blade. The blade has a forward curve and then it curves back up in the opposite direction giving it that recurve. It is forged of pamor steel. It is a very unusual blade shape in my experience and may be based on ancient blade forms. A rare and unusual sword.

$295

Very nice Arabian Zanzibar Saif Nimcha sword. This sword measures 40” in total length. The handle is either horn or wood. It has a very deep and rich patina so difficult to determine. The nimcha style pommel is covered in a brass cap also of very lovely patina. The ferrule, knucklebow and the ring guard are all steel. The slightly curved blade, probably of European manufacture, with complex fullering. The blade with good patina. A nice and old, probably late 18th to early 19th century, Arabian Saif sword.

$695

Rare published African sword empute of the Lokele. This sword is pictures on p. 214 of the book “100 African Blades from 55 Collections” by Ethan Rider. He writes:

“Short sword and sheath, empute

Lokele/So/Mba/Angba/Topoke/Genya

Democratic Republic of Congo

Late 19th Century

This empute short sword is impressive without its sheath. It has a heavy pommel made of solid iron, a wood handle wrapped in copper and brass, and a blade that is covered with incredibly precise incising. Most empute blades have no sheath, and some of the few that do have one that is slim and plain. The most elaborate empute swords come with a sheath like the one seen here: oversized and decorated with two huge iron discs. This design element is entirely unique to empute swords and is a beautiful, highly distinctive style. “

Another interesting feature of this piece is the hole at the top of the scabbard. It goes all the way through and is likely a bullet hole. No telling how that got there but what a fascinating story to know. The sword measures 16 1/2” long when measured in its scabbard. A very fine published African sword.

$1495

Very small Cretan knife. This knife measures 6 1/4” in total length. The handle consists of two slabs of bone with yataghan style eared appearance with a decorated metal tang band. The small blade with some oxidation and patina. A cute small knife.

$49

Interesting small African spearhead. It measures 7 1/2” long. It is a socketed spearhead with a leaf shaped blade. The blade is 1 1/2” wide at the join of the socket and blade. Most likely is African of origin.

$25

Book On Damascus Steel by Leo Figiel. 1991 book which was a prelude to the 1998 Butterfields auction of his collection. The book provides commentary around the use and forms of wootz and mechanical steel along with lots of pictures of items from his collection.

$50

Very fine Persian Tabar fighting axe with wootz panels. This axe measures 23 1/4” in total length. It is a heavy and solid axe meant for fighting. It was a saddle axe. The head has gold koftgari borders around a panel or window that is done in a fine damascus wootz steel. The gold work is about 90% on one side and about 40% on the opposite side. On the prominent side the two sides are done in an Arabic inscription. The koftgari along the cutting edge is more decorative. The opposite side is the same with one of the inscriptions mostly intact. There is also chiseled on each side as well as the back of the block an animal scene. Two depict a lion attacking a bull and one is showing a lounging lion. The haft of the axe has lovely damascus patterning like you would see on a rifle barrel. The shaft is faceted. There is some remnants of gold wash at the top of the shaft. There is also gold koftgari on the top and bottom of the axe. The cutting edge of the axe is quite sharp. A very fine Persian Tabar.

$2695