A talwar with "lehria" chevron blade
With chevron patterned blade of alternating types of steel.
Antique Miaodao
Miaodao simply being a more recent name for the wodao.
A Burmese dha with openwork handle
Made of a single piece of ivory, with a kneeling figure in its base.
Horn hilted Vietnamese officer's saber
An unusual Vietnamese officer saber of the 19th century, with an all-horn hilt.
A Sinhalese kasthāné
An impressively large kasthāné, dating from the 18th century.
Ancient Cham sword
In excavated condition. Probably 15th-17th century.
Chinese saber with yatağan style blade
An extremely rare and possibly unique type of Chinese officer's saber, or peidao, of the 18th century.
Broad 17th century Chinese saber
Yet another type that I had not yet seen before.
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 overlays
Ming dandao
With rare raised backedge.
An unusual dha
An unusual dha with features of various cultures.
All-metal ceremonial guom
With captured French blade, ground down to fit.
Rare Chinese twistcore saber
Background
Most Chinese swords and sabers are made with a hard high carbon steel edge plate sandwich
A signed Vietnamese fighting saber
Presented in this article is a somewhat rare example of a purely practical Vietnamese fighting saber,
A Chinese woyaodao
Introduction
The ridged and facetted blade shape that is so well known nowadays from Japane
A peudeueng peusangan
From the Aceh region, described locally as peudeueng peusangan with a "hulu meu apet" or Indian styled basket hilt.