A Deccan chilanum
With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.
Katar with complex ribbed blade
A substantial example, of elegant form, with a complex grooved blade.
South Indian loop hilted dagger
Introduction
Indian loop hilted dagger are generally called bichuwa (बिछुवा ) which literally mean
A Sinhalese knife
Rarely seen today, a commoner's example with carved, bone hilt.
Unusual khanjarli
With straight blade and two opposing Yali chiseled out of the forte of the blade.
Garsoee katar
A specific type of katar that is commonly associated with Kutch.
Khema
Alternate writing for Khēmau, an armorer working at Bundi.
Sirupātē khukurī (सिरुपाते खुकुरी)
A slender form of Nepalese khukurī.
A silver mounted khukuri
Of the 19th century, with fine pierced scabbard mouthpiece.
Kukri
Common collector's term for the Nepalese khukuri. Main article: Khukuri
Khukurī (खुकुरी )
A utility and fighting knife associated mainly with the Ghurkas of Nepal.
A katar from Sindh
With markings suggesting it was a wedding gift, presented in 1832.
Fine Bhutanese dagger
With heavy silver mounts, pierced and chiseled.
Khēmau (खेमौ)
An armorer working in Bundi from at least 1835 to 1872.
A katar from Bundi
The style typical for royal katar made under Maharao Ram Singh.
Silver inlaid Deccan katar
An impressive example with true inlays in silver in the hilt.
18th century northern katar
With high-contrast wootz blade and fine damascening in two tones of gold.
Golden damascened boy's katar
A rare example with pattern welded blade, retaining its original scabbard.
Bhutanese dagger
With narrow blade and all brass mounts.
Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife
A Chinese style fighting knife probably made in Yunnan or Vietnam.
Khanjar (خنجر)
Persian word for dagger.
Persian "khanjar" dagger
With finely chiseled steel hilt and scabbard
Seleme
Manchu word for a type of large hunting knife.
A South Indian khanjarli
A fine, early example with silver-plated details.
Shùndāo (順刀)
Chinese name for a type of large hunting knife.
Balinese keris with stones in gold
Undulating bilah blade of eleven luk.
Chinese trousse in Mongolian style
With heavy pierced silver mounts in with archaic dragon designs.
Kard (کرد)
A type of eastern dagger with a fairly straight thrusting blade.
Dha hmyaung
Alternative spelling of da̱hmjaun, the Burmese word for their dagger.
Fine Burmese dha hmyaung
With intricately carved ivory hilt depicting a demon on a horse.
Boy's katar
A miniature piece meant for use by a small boy.
Vijayanagara "pata"
A very early example of the type, with locally made rapier style blade.
Bolo
Bolo simply means knife and is usually used to describe a wide range of Philippine single-edged machete-like tools and weapons.
Katar
Commonly used name for an Indian push dagger.
Bichaq
In Turkish, bichaq literally means "knife".
Gal-mita pihē
Sinhala term for fancy knives. Literally "stone handled knife".
A very good Philippine bolo
With beautifully carved horn grip.
North Indian katar with tools
With a fine wootz blade with a pronounced center ridge.
Southern Chinese double knives
With carved hardwood grips. Complete with pigskin scabbard.
Execution keris
Often used collector's name for the keris panjang.
Sinhalese knife and stylus
Fitting in a single scabbard. Modest for Sinhalese work.
A large pihiya kättha
A massive example weighing just over 800 grams. With scabbard.
Sumatran keris panjang
A type of long keris often described as "execution keris".
Keris panjang
Literally "long keris", a weapon mostly associated with Sumatra and Malaysia.
Bird head sewar dagger
A charming little sewar dagger from the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Silver Sinhalese ul-pihiya
A fine Kandyan knife, or ul-pihiya, probably mid 18th century.
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".