Bhagvan Khoosal
A shield maker at Dhalcar street, Ahmedabad, India.
Kayamkulam vaal
A type of straightsword of the Malabar coast.
Heavy Rajput katar
A heavy Indian katar with substantial armor piercing blade.
Vijayanagara katar
A peculiar style of hooded push dagger that originated in South India, under the Vijayanagara empire.
Chilanum dagger
Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true inlay".
Dandpatta
The Marathi name for the pata, a gauntlet sword thought to have been developed by them.
Patá
An Indian gauntlet sword.
Khanda (खंडा)
A type of Indian sword with a heavy, straight blade that widens at the top.
Toradar
The Indian matchlock musket.
Aṅkus
Hindi from the Sanskrit aṅkuśa, it means "elephant goad".
Bikanēr armory
An armory in Rajasthan, north India
Khanjarli
Plural of khanjar, meaning "dagger". Due to a confusion, it became the name of a type of Indian dagger with large lunette pommel.
Bichuwa
The Bichuwa is an Indian dagger with a looped hilt and recurved blade.
Chilanam
Alternative spelling for chilanum, a South Indian type of dagger.
Khapwa / Kapwah
An Indian type of dagger.
12 North Indian arrows
With katar-tipped heads and dark brown shafts.
A Bikaner armory dagger
A rare, early south Indian dagger with Bikaner armory markings
North Indian sosun pattah
A very good example of a sosun pattah, or "lily leaf", of elegant form.
Indian signed dhal from Gujarat
An interesting Indian dhal, a small shield that was signed by its maker from Gujarat.
South Indian katar with curved blade
A very crisp and complete example of its type.
Chiseled iron Hindu basket hilt
With blackened iron panels with decorative borders carved in relief.
A gilt katar with spiraled hilt
In a style associated with Maharao Raja Ram Singh.
Tanjore spearhead
Description
A south Indian spearhead with a thick double-edged, symmetrical leaf-shaped blade.
A large and very good khanjarli
With lunette pommel of ivory plates.
Indian Pata with Kutch style decor
A serious weapon with a very good blade and heavy plating.
South Indian pierced iron ankus
Its decoration consists of fantastic designs of various animals, mythical and existing.
Indian javelin head
With leaf-shaped blade with strong ribbed feature on either side.
Fine toradar with stippled barrel
With markings attributing it to Jalore.
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.