Bhutanese royal style dagger
A small pointy Bhutanese dagger in a silver scabbard of a style associated with the ruling house.
European sword blade keris
In the style of a Malay keris panjang.
A fine Korean eunjangdo
With all silver construction, including the blade.
Shimosaka o-tantō
N.B.T.H.K. Hozon with a set of Nanban-style koshirae with signed tsuba.
Southern katar with yali langets
Of a style often associated with Tanjore, the seat of the Vijayanagara empire.
Southern katar with thick point
The blade with an extremely thick point on a very thin blade.
Double bladed katar
Also called jamdhar doulicaneh. Forged from a single piece of steel, complete with scabbard.
Northern wootz katar
With different types of decor on either side of the hilt.
Vijayanagara hooded katar
With crisp, extremely very well-preserved wootz blade.
Sword hilted khukurī
A rarer variety with a hilt that takes inspiration from the kora and talwar.
Fine African Bedja dagger
These handsome daggers were worn by the nomadic Hadendoa people, their name has been interpreted as meaning "Lion Clan".
Slender chilanum dagger
Of elegant form with very crisp blade.
Sinhalese pihiya
A beautiful black coral hilted example, made in the King's workshops.
Jade bamboo hilted knife
With spinach green jade handle and carved buffalo horn scabbard.
Silver hilted keris coteng
A textbook example of this rare and early type of keris.
16th century left-hand dagger
Nice European parrying dagger, possibly German or Swiss.
Chinese ring pommeled knife
Of a type used by bandits, brigands, pirates, and the like.
Rare Ainu kuttom-ushbe
A luxury Ainu knife styled after the Japanese tantō.
Unusual Ainu knife
Resembling a makiri but with the blade's edge on the opposite side.
Ainu knife
Of a typical style used in Hokkaido in the 19th century.
Bark wrapped Ainu makiri
A slender makiri with a bark wrapped scabbard.
Fine Ainu makiri
An exceptionally well-carved Ainu knife.
North Nias si euli
A peculiar type of knife worn in the north of Nias.
Khmer dagger
A rare thousand-year-old dagger from the Khmer empire.
Gilt Ottoman made sabiki
The long version of the jambiya, with blackened, gold inlaid blade.
Balinese keris of Ferdinand Blok
The 9-luk blade of strong proportions is engraved with the face of a demon.
Rare beladau lebar dagger
A rare type of dagger from South Kalimantan, loosely based on Islamic daggers seen worn by traders.
A giant piso raout
An oversized utility knife of the headhunters of Borneo.
West-Javanese stiletto dagger
Early piece with an unusual European-style stiletto blade.
Polished Sino-Vietnamese dagger
A heavy Sin-Vietnamese fighting knife, with recently polished blade.
Broad Vietnamese knife
Broad bladed example with horn hilt and engraved blade.
Large Chinese hunting knife
With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.
Studded Eastern Tibetan dagger
Of Kham area regional style, with a grip studded with turquoises and corals.
Vijayanagara katar
A 16th hooded katar with the wide, ribbed blade that is characteristic for this period.
Central Asian dated kard 1709
With wootz blade inlaid in gold with the name of the maker and the owner.
A fine north Indian dagger
Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.
Jamdhar katari
A Hindu dagger following an ancient style that was preserved in Afghanistan.
Sabiki or "Wahhabite jambiya"
With a long, sword-like blade characteristic of this type. With original belt.
A "Mecca" Jambiya
A style of dagger often associated with the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Double-edged Bhutanese dagger
With triple grooves and in heavy silver mountings.
A Sinhalese kirichchiya
A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.
Ceremonial Moro kalis
Measuring almost a meter, with exceptional blade for a ceremonial keris.
Paiwan tjakit with provenance
It was collected by Laurens Langewis, an early 20th-century ethnographer and author.
Fine Tibetan gem studded dagger
A very rare type of dagger that originates from the borderlands of Eastern Tibet and Sichuan.
Old Madura keris
With carved wooden hilt with a beautiful deep patina. Blade in old finish.
Sinhalese coral hilted knife
Also known as piha-kaetta, this is more correctly a pihiya.
A fine Philippine bolo
The blade inlaid with brass, complete with a horn scabbard with pierced decoration.
Balinese keris
A classic example with an older blade and timaha wood scabbard.
A fine Yunnan Dai dagger
With characteristic bulb pommel and silver plating on hilt and scabbard.