Very fine ceremonial gươm
An outstanding example with very fine silver and moth-of-pearl work.
Fine Burmese dha hmyaung
With intricately carved ivory hilt depicting a demon on a horse.
Vietnamese officer's gươm
Of a late 19th century type with a silver-backed hardwood grip.
Ceremonial gươm truòng
Of an all-wooden construction, simulating a sheathed long saber.
A very good Philippine bolo
With beautifully carved horn grip.
Burmese double knives
A rare set of twin knives in a single scabbard.
The Rundle dha of 1898
A signed and dated Burmese dha.
Ivory hilted dha
An earlier example with an iconographic hilt.
Burmese sword carbine
A rare Burmese weapon combining a percussion carbine with a short sword.
Matched Vietnamese kiếm pair
With carved stone handles and superb workmanship in silver and mother-of-pearl.
Sumatran keris panjang
A type of long keris often described as "execution keris".
Triple golden crown sikin
A sikin panjang with a triple golden crown.
Sikin panjang with double crown
A typical example of the better sikin panjang with a golden crown.
Bird head sewar dagger
A charming little sewar dagger from the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Chinese Shan presentation dha
Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.
A Shan Kachin style dha
A large Kachin style square-ended dha in Shan style mountings.
Vietnamese double swords
A rare combination of full-length double Vietnamese swords with live blades.
A heavy Burmese dha
With a very good, substantial blade with differential heat treatment.
Large Vietnamese trường đao
Of very good quality for this type of weapon.
Vietnamese straightsword
It has a narrow but sturdy blade with a springy temper.
Sikin panjang with golden crown
With double tiered golden crown.
A large Vietnamese falchion
Description
A rather unusual Vietnamese falchion, by lack of a better name for the type.
Fine Malay matchlock musket
A very fine Malay matchlock or "satingar" with Indo-Portuguese style luck.
Asian export disc guard
The design, overlaid in silver, gold, and copper, over a crosshatched background shows dragon amongst clouds.
Asian Export sword guard
Private collection. Not for sale.
A very good pedang bentok
Also called klewang sasak by Indonesian collectors.
An Indonesian parang nabur
A saber that is peculiar to the southern part of the island of Borneo.
Dayak blowgun dart quiver
Introduction
The Dayak people of Borneo used two to three meter long blowguns to hunt small
Vietnamese ceremonial saber
A magnificent example of a Vietnamese ceremonial saber, or guőm.
A spectacular Burmese dha
With overlays of vegetal motifs alternated with animals, actual and mythical.
Vietnamese rattan shield
Called khiên in Vietnamese.
A Vietnamese straightsword kiem
With a substantial, quality blade.
Pedang suduk maru
Also known as pedang lurus.
Silver mounted Sumatran saber
With inscription that reads: Raja Pagaruyung or "ruler of Pagaruyung".
A Vietnamese kiem
A very good Vietnamese ceremonial kiem of the Nguyen dynasty.
Very fine Sikin Panjang
With triple tiered golden crown with enamel decor.
A Burmese dha with openwork handle
Made of a single piece of ivory, with a kneeling figure in its base.
An ivory hilted kiem
The grip made of a single piece, worked in high relief.
Vietnamese musket with silver lock
Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.
Vietnamese matchlock
A nice example with fossil elephant or mastodon molar butt plates.
Horn hilted Vietnamese officer's saber
An unusual Vietnamese officer saber of the 19th century, with an all-horn hilt.
Ancient Cham sword
In excavated condition. Probably 15th-17th century.
16th century Vietnamese saber
Showing the strong Japanese influence on Vietnamese sword making of the time.
Exceptional Vietnamese saber
With mountings of meticulously worked copper with silver overlays
An unusual dha
An unusual dha with features of various cultures.
All-metal ceremonial guom
With captured French blade, ground down to fit.
A signed Vietnamese fighting saber
Presented in this article is a somewhat rare example of a purely practical Vietnamese fighting saber,
