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.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.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.A large Vietnamese falchion
Description
A rather unusual Vietnamese falchion, by lack of a better name for the type.
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.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.A signed Vietnamese fighting saber
Presented in this article is a somewhat rare example of a purely practical Vietnamese fighting saber,