Antique Vietnamese swords
A reference list of antique Vietnamese swords and sabers I've had over time.
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.
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.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.A Vietnamese kiem
A very good Vietnamese ceremonial kiem of the Nguyen dynasty.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 overlaysAll-metal ceremonial guom
With captured French blade, ground down to fit.Antique Vietnamese arms
Vietnam produced some of the finest mother-of-pearl inlays, seen on for example on the scabbards of ceremonial swords and sabers.A signed Vietnamese fighting saber
Presented in this article is a somewhat rare example of a purely practical Vietnamese fighting saber,