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Baktong logo

Baktong

Cantonese for báitóng.
Baiton saber guard logo

Báitóng (白銅)

An alloy of copper, nickel, and zinc used among others for sword parts.
Damascus steel logo

Damascus steel

A rather broad term that is used to describe steel that exhibits a fancy pattern.
Twist-core logo

Twist-core steel

A type of pattern-welding using twisted rods of steel.
Huawengang logo

Huāwéngāng (花文鋼)

A type of pattern welding known in English as twist-core.
Antique Vietnamese kiem

Vietnamese straightsword

It has a narrow but sturdy blade with a springy temper.
Ancient bronze Ba-Shu dagger logo

Ancient Ba-Shu dagger

From approximately the 5th to 3rd century B.C.
Indian karud dagger

A large Indian karud dagger

Unusually large and with all-metal handle that opens with a screw.
Indonesian parang

An Indonesian parang nabur

A saber that is peculiar to the southern part of the island of Borneo.
18th-century peidao in iron fangshi mounts

Peidao in iron fangshi mounts

Introduction

The terms peidao or yaodao are synonyms that were in use simultaneously in Q

 A fine Chinese yanchidao

A fine Chinese yànchìdāo

It comes with its complete set of fittings in a thick gauge of báitóng.
Khanda logo

An exceptional khanda

With wootz blade and wootz Hindu basket hilt
Unusual zhibeidao

Zhibeidao with spectacular blade

Introduction to the type

This type of sword is referred to as zhibeidao (直背刀) or s

Chinese hudiedao set logo

A good pair of butterfly swords

Introduction

The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords peculiar to the port

Pierced khanda

A fine khanda with pierced hilt

Presented here is a beautiful khanda with an exceptionally fine pierced hilt.
Talwar hilt logo

Heavy wootz hilted talwar

Introduction

The talwar or talvār (Hindi) is the archetypical sab

Indian steel dagger

All steel / wootz dagger

The slender blade is made of flawless wootz steel in boldly contrasting shades of silver and dark grey.
Shuangjian with ivory grips

Shuangjian with ivory grips

A deluxe set of double straightswords with carved ivory grips and gilt mounts.
naginata-saber

Chinese saber with "naginata-hi"

A Chinese waist saber or yaodao / peidao of the first half of the 18th century.

U-turn twist-core saber

Chinese saber with U-grooves

With twist-core steel and of early liuyedao form. Probably 17th century.
A Burmese dha with openwork handle logo

A Burmese dha with openwork handle

Made of a single piece of ivory, with a kneeling figure in its base.
16th century Vietnamese saber

16th century Vietnamese saber

Showing the strong Japanese influence on Vietnamese sword making of the time.
Peudeueng peusangan

A peudeueng peusangan

From the Aceh region, described locally as peudeueng peusangan with a "hulu meu apet" or Indian styled basket hilt.