Fine toradar with stippled barrel
With markings attributing it to Jalore.
A fine silver hilted kasthāné
Of the Royal Workshops of the Kingdom of Khandy.
A large Indian karud dagger
Unusually large and with all-metal handle that opens with a screw.
Chilanum (चिलानम)
A type of Indian dagger with a stem-like grip and wide pommel.
Golden Bundi style katar
From the collection of Dr. Leo Figiel.
Deccan katar with Bikaner marks
With a hilt that is of typical southern form, with a cupped base and langets.
The Bikaner Armory
The enthusiast of Indian arms and armor will sooner or later hear about the Bikanēr armory.
All-steel Bundi katar
The blade features a sunken panel with very finely chiseled "tree of life" motiff of small leaves.
South Indian katar with Bikaner marks
An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.
A hooded Vijayanagara katar
A classic example of the 16th century.
Talwar with southern style hilt
With a curved hollow ground blade with a narrow dorsal groove and false backedge.
A fine bichuwa with gold decor
A north Indian bichuwa dagger with recurved blade and richly decorated hilt.
An exceptional khanda
With wootz blade and wootz Hindu basket hilt
A fine Indian sword
This one is for the connoisseur of blades.
Large all-steel khanda
Introduction
The khanda represents one of the oldest forms of Indian swords, it's present form
Ten avatars of Vishnu katar
Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, took many mortal shapes, or "avatar"
A fine Deccan chilanum
An exceptional example with a graceful hilt with a strong presence.
A fine khanda with pierced hilt
Presented here is a beautiful khanda with an exceptionally fine pierced hilt.
Bikaner elephant katar
Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory
All steel / wootz dagger
The slender blade is made of flawless wootz steel in boldly contrasting shades of silver and dark grey.
A south Indian spearhead
A large example of a type called sang.
Chiseled iron bichuwa
The handle covered with gold damascening.
Kayamkulam sword
Of the Malabar coast, South India.
Nanban tsuba & Asian export sword guards
For long, "nanban tsuba" literally "Southern barbarian sword-guards" have been a catch-all classification for sword guards for Japanese swords (tsuba), that show foreign influence.
Indian revolving musket
The main disadvantage of early firearms was the long time it took to reload them.
Bikaner war axe
Introduction
This type of axe was part of the standard equipment of the mounted North India
A talwar with "lehria" chevron blade
With chevron patterned blade of alternating types of steel.
A fine Indian toradar with inlaid stock
General introduction
A number of downsized Indian toradar with such lavish inlays are in circulati
An unusual pihiya (piha kaetta)
Probably from the late Kandyan period.
A Sinhalese kasthāné
An impressively large kasthāné, dating from the 18th century.
An Indian matchlock musket
A very fine, long and slender example with elaborate golden damascening.
Vijayanagara hooded katar
With a shield that reminds of Deccan cuirasses.