RSword Antique Blades

Silver mounted Caucasian kindjal dagger with wootz blade. This piece measures 20 3/4” in total length when measured it scabbard. The handle is walrus ivory with the marbling showing on the sides of the grip. Decorative silver dome rivet with silver washer adorns the front of the grip. There are a set of incised lines that go around the grip. The scabbard has silver mounts with floral decor along the border as well as in the center area of the silver mounts. The center area is covered in velvet. The blade is quite nice. There is gold koftgari at the forte of the blade on both sides. The koftgari is thickly applied and is in very good condition. One side is a floral decoration and the opposite side is an Arabic inscription. There is a nice median ridge to the blade which is forged of damascus wootz steel. The pattern is consistent throughout. Kindjal with wootz blades are fairly rare. All together an exceptional knife.

$3495

Superb Arab Dharia Jambiya sword with fine silver mounts. This sword measures 26 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is silver with 3 very decorative silver filagree rivets to the grip. There are also 5 silver buttons around the pommel of the sword. The background metal has decorations throughout. The reverse side of the grip with a fishscale design. The scabbard is also silver with lovely decorations throughout. There is one large silver filagree boss at the top of the scabbard and then three teardrop shaped plaques . There is some fine twisted silver wrap in the upper center of the scabbard. The toe of the scabbard with very fine decorations. The handle doesn’t fit flushly into the scabbard. It is very slightly raised on one side. The back of the scabbard is plain as usual but it is missing the leather attachment that normally goes at the top of the scabbard. There is also remnants of the leather belt that once adorned this fine piece. The big curving blade has a strong median ridge with decorations down the center. The blade is fairly clean with just some oxidation at the very base at the join with the handle. One of the nicest Dharia I have had.

$1495

Large silver gilt Balkan Jambiya dagger with wootz blade. This exceptional knife measures 20 7/8” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle and scabbard are done in deeply carved gilt silver. The gilt is most present in the recesses now, but the silver work is superb and done in high relief. The double-edged blade with high median ridge sports lovely gold koftgari work at the base of the blade on both sides. The blade is wootz steel but the pattern is faint but you can see it throughout the blade A high quality jambiya knife.

$3495

Afghan Pulwar Sword with Beefy Bold Pattern Welded Blade. This sword measures 36 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard in a straight line from the tip of the chape to the top of the pommel. The handle is steel with wheel pommel and downturned monster head quillons. The handle has fine lines and nice decorations. The blade is quite robust. It is 1 1/2” wide at the start of the false edge. The blade has a thick spine and a shallow fuller that runs along the edge of the spine. The hefty sword also sports a very bold pattern welded damascus blade. The pattern of circular pools and wavy lines is consistent throughout both sides. The scabbard is leather over wood with nice steel mounts. This is a quality Afghan Pulwar sword.

$2495

Nice Afghan Pulwar sword with 3 cartouche blade. This sword measures 38” in total length when measured in its scabbard and in a straight line from the chape to the top of the pommel. The handle is steel with a lovely faceted grip and spiral facets to the bottom of the wheel pommel. The top of the pommel with a steel lanyard ring. The blade has a very shallow curvature with two narrow fullers running along the spine. There is a long false edge. The blade has an inserted edge as evidenced by the hamon that runs along the cutting edge. There are three cartouche at the base of the blade on one side. The inscriptions are worn and almost all of the gold work is gone. The scabbard is leather over wood with two steel suspencion bands and a long steel chape with finely ribbed work. A nice Afghan Pulwar.

$1495

A lovely Moroccan Nimcha sword with ensuite silver ally metal handle and scabbard. This sword measures 38” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is a silver ally with intricate carved designs throughout. The thick steel crossguard with some decorations on both sides at the block area of the guard. Very good triple fullered blade, most likely an European import, features a long false edge. The scabbard is also a silver alloy with matching decor as the handle. It has a black baldric that is most likely a more recent addition. The sword has good weight and feel in the hands and is beautifully decorated with a fine triple fullered blade. Quite a nice Nimcha.

$1995

Indian khanjar dagger with gold koftgari handle. This knife measures 17 3/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard and a straight line from the top of the handle to the tip of the scabbard. The handle is iron and covered in gold koftgari. The koftgari is 97% present with just some slight wear around the pommel of the handle. The curved blade has a chiseled forte depicting birds on top of a floral bush or tree and then two lion or tiger heads above that. This chiseled forte area is covered in gold koftgari and while slightly worn it is mostly all there. Above this the blade has a midrib and two side ribs with a sunken panel in between. This sunken panel has a faux damascus pattern that imitates wootz steel. Nice, chiseled area where the side and mid ribs join near the tip. One area of pitting/oxidation on one side of the blade otherwise blade fairly clean. The scabbard is red velvet over wood with a silver chape. The scabbard is probably later to the knife but is in the proper style and look. An attractive Indian knife.

$595

Nice Sumatran Batak Sword with silver wrapped scabbard. This sword measures 23 3/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle has a wood pommel that is nicely carved all over in floral designs and with a stepped pommel. The bolster is steel and the blade is slightly forward curving. The blade is clean with some scabbard wear. The scabbard is quite nice. It is wood with a silver sleeve covering the majority of the wood scabbard. There is some wrinkling to the silver but no losses. A seldom encountered sword.

$425

Nice silver mounted Moroccan Koummya dagger. This dagger measures 16” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle features a wood core that is covered on the front side with highly decorated and good quality silver plates. The side and back of the handle are covered in brass with lovely patina. The center of the grip with a twine wrap. The scabbard is similarly decorated in that you have a wood core covered on the front with a finely decorated quality silver. The designs are very lovely. The back of the scabbard is brass of qood quality and patina. Even the large scabbard rings have the front side decorated in nicely decorated quality silver and the back in brass. Good quality steel blade with nice lines. This is an above average quality Moroccan Koummya knife.

$495

Nice Moroccan Koummya Dagger with Arabic Inscription. This knife measures 16 1/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle, as is the entire piece, quite nice. The wood handle has a brass plate on the pommel on both sides with lovely decorations. There is also a brass band at the center of the grip with matching decorations. The front side of the grip has some carvings and has some red enamel or paint to accentuate the carving. The scabbard is brass with very detailed carvings on both sides. At the top of the scabbard on the back is an Arabic inscription. The blade has some surface wear and scratches and some red staining at the tip. A very nice Koummya overall.

$295

Very nice silver mounted North Afican dagger with arabic inscriptions. This knife measures 12 5/8” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is cylrindical and is composed of a silver ferrle and silver pommel cap with niello like decoration. The center grip is composed of two brass rings and some brass wire. The blade is double edged with two fullers on each side. Probably a repurposed bayonet blade and likely of European manufacture. The scabbard ha a silver top piece and a long silver chape with nice decorations with some niello like inlay. There is an Arabic inscription at the top and there is also an Arabic inscription on the top of the scabbard with a date of 1937. The mid section of the scabbard is brass and copper with silver and copper rings. An attractive and unique North African dagger.

$349

Fine and complete Moro Kris sword. This sword measures 27 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a wood pommel with very fine grain with a couple minor hairline cracks but a wonderful patina throughout. The grip is wrapped in twine with a fine braid down the side and this has been covered in an organic material that coats it and gives it a dark sheen. The ferrule is silver with decorations. The straight double edged blade sports fine laminations on both sides along with a silver clamp at the elephants trunk. The scabbard is very nice. It is made of a thick wood with very nice grain and patina with a horn toe piece. It is in very good condition with just some minor dings from wear. All in all, a nice and complete Moro Kris.

$695

Nice Sumatran Sewar Dagger with laminated blade but different each side. This knife measures 12” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is carabao horn with a bone ferrule. The forward curving blade is interesting in that the laminated pattern is different on each side of the blade. You see this on Keris blades sometimes but don’t know that I have seen this on a Sewar before so this makes for an interesting aspect of the knife. The scabbard is nicely done with a wood center piece of nice dark color and fine grain with a carabao horn top piece and bottom piece with a bone spacer.

$249

Nice Indonesian Spear with brass ferrule and fine wood shaft. This spear measures 77” in total length. The blade has a thick round bolster with the straight blade having a center panel with high median ridge. The collar is brass with a fluted globular to secton and then a carved floral section. The wood haft is a nice wood. It has a lovely color and patina and finishes with a decorative shape at the very bottom. A nice complete example in good condition.

$425

African sword with scabbard of the Lokele. This piece measures 15 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a wood grip wrapped in copper wire with a brass nail securing the top of the copper winding. The pommel is a solid piece of iron in spade shape. The iron blade has very fine incised lines along one side of the blade and appears on the opposite side of the blade on the other side. The scabbard is quite nice. It has a wood core covered in leather with iron strips to the front and across the top. A leather belt accompanies the scabbard. Some minor losses to the leather.

$495

Impressive Datu Quality Moro Kris Sword with Large Ivory Jungayyan Pommel. This sword measures 29 1/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. It sports a large and spectacular Jungayyan ivory pomel. The pommel measures 7 1/4” from front to back. It is well carved and in very good condition. One of the largest carved ivory pommels I have seen. There is a nice silver band at the top and bottom of the handle with the grip wrapped in straight and twisted rattan. The wavy blade with twin silver asang asang at the forte with some nice fullering in this section as well. The scabbard is wood with a silver band and nice rattan bands. A truly impressive and high quality Moro Kris sword.

$3995 On Hold

Datu Quality Large Moro Kris Sword with Silver and Suassa handle. This is a large sword with a powerful blade. It measures 32 3/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle has a large ivory kakatua pommel and the grip is wrapped with alternating twisted silver wire grip and decorated suassa bands. The blade is wide and with no waves and a slight cant to one side. There is a very fine hamon around the edges of the blade indicating an inserted edge. The scabbard is quite nice and large. Wood with white metal bands. An impressive Moro Kris.

$1495

Nice Borneo Langgai Tinggang sword. This dyak sword measures 27” in total length when measured in its scabbard not including the hair tuft at the top of the pommel. The handle consists of a well carved staghorn handle with a tuft of horse or goat hair at the top. The carvings are nice and complete and shows good patina in the recesses. The grip is wrapped in twisted wire. The curved blade with very decorative forte with interesting metal curly Q’s, and a carved extension. The blade has surface decorations throughout the forte that continues along the edge of the spine of the sword. The entire spine of the sword is also intricately decorated. Nice thick heavy blade. The scabbard is wood with some old textile wrap at the top of the scabbard. There is a rubber band to hold this textile to the scabard so it isn’t lost. There is one rattan band at the bottom of the textile wrap and there is some twine wrap at the very bottom of the scabbard. A very nice Borneo sword.

$695 On Hold

Rare Borneo Langgai Tinggang Sword. This sword measures 32” in total length so a good large example with a large staghorn grip. The grip is large and is carved all over in Dayak motif. The hair plugs have been cut down at some point in their life. The grip is wrapped in twisted wire. The blade has nice carvings and decorative fretwork at the forte. The curved blade with thick spine has an unusual angular fuller and then a very small one running along the edge of the spine. A false edge is present for the last 6” of the blade. The scabbard has lovely carvings on the front side with some rattan and twisted wire bands. A nice larger than average example.

$795

Nice large and hevy Borneo Parang Nabur sword also referred to as Beladah Belebang. This large sword measures 32 1/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a wood grip and pommel that has been painted red with good paint remaining in the recessed areas with chequered grip. A Star shaped design has been carved into the pommel on both sides. The ferrule is brass and the guard and knucklebow are steel. The quillon turns down and the knucklebow has a wingnut attached that screws into the threaded tang extending from the pommel. The blade is more narrow at the forte and widens towards the tip. This is an impressive blade with two fullers on each side near the spine, a middle eastern style yelman and then a very long false edge. To accommodate the width near the tip and the curvature of the blade the scabbard is wide. There is a brass chape. Some minor wood loss on the scabbard along the top seam.

$1200

Dayak Borneo Mandau Sword with Brass Inlaid Dots. This sword measures 26 3/4” when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood with nice carvings and an upswept nose. Some hair tufts remain in two areas. Nice multi-color rattan weave wrap at the grip section. The blade has 8 brass circular plugs on both sides of the blade. The blade is flat with a hollow grind on one side and the opposite side with a ridge line and an edge bevel. The blade with oxidation throughout. The scabbard with red paint on one side and some nice carvings. Remnants of the rattan belt remain. Some wood loss at the very toe of the scabbard.

$295

Borneo Dayak Mandau Sword with Unusual Pommel. This sword measures 26” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of an unusual pommel. It is unusual largely for its size. It is a bit on the smaller side but it is very well carved and the wood has a lovely old patina. The grip is wrapped in rattan. The blade has 39 brass inlaid circular plugs, 4 of which have come out over time, that run along the spine of the blade. The area of the blade where it drops down to the tip has a chiseled spine with some metal carvings above. The scabbard is nicely carved on one side and has the palm bark pouch, Piso Rout missing, on the opposite side. An interesting mandau.

$249

Borneo Dayak Mandau Sword with interesting Blade Features. This sword measures 25 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a wood pommel in a forked shape with nice carvings. The grip is wrapped in twisted wire. The blade has a couple of interesting features. First is the pierced, open cut out work at the top of the spine near the drop down section of the blade. Second is the brass inlaid circular plugs. There is 29 on one side and 8 on the opposite side. The blade also has an interesting shaped tip with more decorative metl work. The scabbard with dark wood on one side with carvings and light wood on the opposite side. The palm bark pouch is on the opposite side but missing its Piso Raut. Rattan belt completes the scabbard ensemble.

$225

Borneo Dayak Mandau Sword with Well Carved handle. This sword measures 29 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard so it is a bit longer than the average mandau. The handle consists of a staghorn pommel with nice carvings. The grip with nicely done rattan work. The blade is a hefty fighter. It has a thick spine and is flat on one side with a slight hollow grind and then the opposite side has a ridge line on the upper half of the blade and then bevels to the edge. Some line carvings at the forte. The scabbard is nice wood with fancy rattan bindings. The palm bark pouch on the opposite side with Piso Raut. The wood handle of the Piso Raut has split on both sides. Nice shell adornment and complete rattan belt attachment. A good old fighting mandau.

$225 On Hold

Very unusual Filipino or Borneo Sword. This sword measures 28” in total length. I am unsure exactly where this sword originates. The knob, almost kakatua style handle, is reminiscent of the Philippines but the blade seems to have more Borneo characteristics. The crossguard is quite unique and unlike anything I have seen before. The handle is wood made in a knob, almost kakatua shape with a very unusual brass guard that has one quillon turned up and the opposite side kind of turned down. The blade is narrow at the forte and then widens towards the tip. There are blade decorations at the forte and also along the spine on both sides of the blade. The blade has a forward curving false edge from a step down feature on the spine. That area feels very Borneo. It is a heavy sword, with sharp edge and the grip is quite solid with the big guard and wood pommel. A very cool and unusual sword.

$795 On Hold

Burmese Assam Dha Sword with thick blade and square tip. This sword measures 30” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of two wood slab grips which are secured to the tang via 3 rivets on each side. There is a knuckle bow that wraps around the base of the grip like a guard and is secured to the pommel of the grip. There are carved decorations on the metal. The blade sports a thick spine which is decorated and there is a fuller on each side running to the tip. There is evidece of a hardened edge as you can see a bit of a hamon running along the blade. The tip is squared off as is typical of the dha from this region. The scabbard is wood with rattan bands and a rope baldric.

$595

Rare All Brass Nepalese Ram Dao Sword with Blade Inscription. This piece measures 30” in total length and is made in the exact form of a Nepalese Ram Dao sword but it is made in all brass. Most likely a ceremonial or religious object as it does not have an edge. The handle is cylindrical with a cone shaped pommel. It has been made with an imitation bolster with the spine even being thicker in this section than the rest of the blade. The blade has eyelash marks all the way down the spine on both sides and includes the “eye” towards the tip as you see on steel blades. There is an inscription on the blade on one side. This is the first Ram Dao I have ever seen made all in brass but it is well made and very much follows what a 19th century Ram Dao would look like. A rare one of a kind object.

$595

Afghan or Central Asian Karud dagger. This knife measures 12 1/2” when measured in its scabbard. The chunky grips are either a black wood or horn that have been secured to the tang via two hand made nails on each side. Steel tang band runs around the grip and is sodered to the bolster strap. The thick T-spine blade with beveled edge is strong and has a sharp point. The scabbard is leather over wood and is missing its chape that would have covered the bottom of the scabbard at one time. The pommel has a nice decorative steel swivel which adds to the grip adornment. A very solid fighting knife.

$395

Nice and complete Afghan Choora dagger. This knife measures 15 1/2” in total length when measured its scabbard. The handle consists of a brass ferrule with copper banding at the base of it. The brass extends as the tang band running around the slab grips which are bone. The grips are secured to the tang with two finishing nails. The hooked pommel is a black wood or horn with nails. The T-spine blade with hollow grind has asterisk or X-shaped carvings on the spine. Clean blade with a very small amount of oxidation. The scabbard is quite nice. It is brass mounted with the brass with stipple punch dot decoration throughout. The center section is wrapped in fabric with floral decoration. A nice and complete Choora knife.

$275

Decorated Steel Indian shield. The shield has a diameter of 15 1/8”. There are 4 bosses on the shield. The entire surface of the shield has decorations that were covered in silver koftgari at one time. There is a lot of patina to the shield but the decorations are visible. The reverse side with lovely padded cloth and textile.

$295

Spanish American War Period Filipino Sword. This sword measures 25” in total length. The handle is carabao horn and is faceted with a faceted brass pommel cap with tang peined at top. The guard/ferrule combo is forge integrally and the ferrule portion is faceted with the guard having one slightly upturned side and one slightly downturn side. The thick blade with bowie style clipped point measures 20 1/2” on its own. The blade is 1” wide at the forte and widens to 1 7/8” at its widest point near the clipped point. The surface of the blade has a very dark patina. The spine is thick. It measures a little over 1/4” thick at the forte. A nice fighting sword, most likely from the Luzon area of the Philippines and dating back to the Spanish American war period

$395

Filipino Luzon Sword with Unusual Scabbard. This is a nice large sword measurig 28 1/2” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood with a tri-shaped pommel of floral design with a steel washer and the peining at the top. The grip is faceted. The ferrule and knucklebow/guard are also steel. Some rusting evident in areas. The blade is an interesting one as it is downward curving. There is a very long false edge on the blade that starts 12” from the tip. One of the longest false edges I believe I have seen on any sword. The edge is quite sharp. The blade has some areas of oxidation and some patches of reddish rust that should clean up with a bit of TLC. The scabbard is unusual in that it is made of palm wood. A very light wood and has a certain tribal feel to it. Fits the blade perfectly and has held up well over the years. A good fighting sword.

$275

Filipino Luzon Bowie Style Knife. This is a nice knife with thick blade and feels great in the hands. The handle is wood with the pommel in an abstract floral style with three lobes. The top of the handle is peined. The ferrule is steel. The bade has a cool shape to it. As it widens from the forte it has a “hump” just before it goes into the familiar bowie style clipped point. The blade has a dark patina to it. Nice thick spine. A good fighting knife. Total length is 17 3/8”.

$195

Kudi Kujang with Sumatran Keris handle. This is an interesting composite piece that seems to have been together for a long time. The handle of this knife is a well made Sumatran Keris handle with a well decorated brass cup. The bladie is in Kudi Kujang style taking on an abstract Wayang puppet figure. The blade has laminations throughout. The wood scabbard seems to have been made for this blade and features some geometric carvings at the top and bottom. An exotic and unusual knife. Total length in the scabbard is 11 1/4”.

$349

Large Chinese Niuweidao sword with nickel silver mounts. This sword measures a little over 38” in total length. The handle is wood with nice patina and nice line carvings around it. The pommel, ferrule and cup guard are all made of nickel silver. Not a very common material in Chinese swords. The blade has good size as it measures 1 3/4” wide at the forte and is 2 3/4” at its widest point. The blade has speckled oxidation throughout. The tip has some wrinkling where it has been slightly bent. The scabbard is wood with remnants of rayskin covering, only a small section remains at the top of the scabbard. The mounts on the scabbard match those of the hilt and are nickel silver. The wood scabbard has broken in the lower third and the point of the blade will extend beyond the remaining portion of the scabbard. A good older example as this sword most likely dates circa 1900-1930.

$795

Large Ethiopian Shotel sword. This sword measures 38 3/4” in total length. The handle has 3 sections, each from wood, to include the lower guard, the grip section and the top pommel section. The wood with very nice patina and scuffs/dings as to be expected. The pommel cap is a decorated brass dome. The saber style blade is slightly curved with a fuller along the top of the blade near the spine. There are a few edge nicks and some unevenness in the spine. The blade has oxidation throughout.

$249

Filipino Luzon Sword with cut down blade. This piece goes to show that a sword can continue life as a long knife or short sword. The blade on this sword was once a much longer blade but a some point it was broken and the tip reshaped. The blade has a dark patina but is still fairly sharp. It is a thick and quite heavy blade. The faceted wood handle has multiple metal washers over the peining at the top. Brass ferrule and S-shaped guard. Total length is 19 3/4”.

$95

Nice Moro Kris Fighting Sword with Fancy Fretwork. This sword measures 27 5/8” in total length. This is a big hefty fighting sword with a lovely waves and sharp edges. The grip is wrapped in rattan with a round wood pommel that is covered in a well decorated metal cap. The elephants trunk and fretwork has lovely shapes and cut outs which is a cut above what you normally see. The blade has finely undulating waves with sharp edges and a strong medial ridge. You can see a bit of a darkened zone along the edges where the blade has been heat treated. Some scattered oxidation throughout. A lovely fighting Kris sword.

$425

Cute Little Well Made Moro Kris Scabbard. Somewhere out there in the world is a very small Moro Kris that will fit this scabbard. Let’s put it out there to pair them up. this scabbard measures 9 3/4” in total length and the opening for the scabbard is 1” so the blade that would fit into this would have a gangya width of no more than just under an inch and wouldn’t be any longer than about 9 1/2” or so. It is a very well made little thing with a finely woven rattan scabbard of red and yellow colors that are woven together to create an intricate geometric pattern. Reach out if you have a very small Kris blade and let’s see if we can make a match.

$75

Quality African Poto sword with fantastic scabbard. This prestige sword measures 26 1/2” from the bottom of the scabbard to the top of the pommel. The scabbard is very impressive for its size and quality. It measures 15 3/8” tall by 12” at its widest point at the top. Each side of the scabbard at the top sports three threaded screws. The scabbard has a wood core that is covered in leather and features brass tacks in an intricate design on the front and the back with fine stitching. The leather is in superb condition with only a small tear at the reverse side. The sword itself measures 25” long and the blade is 17” long and 4” at its widest point. There is lots of punch design work to the blade to go along with the open cut out work in the forte section and the two sharp projections on the sides of the blades to the slightly rounded tip. The handle is covered in brass and the pommel is a large, stitched leather ball that probably has talismanic material stuffed inside this ball. This is a fine Poto sword given its condition, quality of blade and the superb and large scabbard.

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Nice silver mounted Moro Kris sword. This sword measures 26 1/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle features a silver pommel in kakatua shape. Silver pommel Moro swords are not too common. The grip has lots of silver bands, silver twisted wire and some rattan. Lovely wavy blade, lots of waves, with single decorated clamp at the forte. The blade shows some subtle layering. The scabbard has two wood halves, the wood showing nice grain and patina, with four rattan bands. These have been done in an unique way as the rattan is wrapped around and then inserted into a carved opening. I haven’t seen this feature before. The chape of the scabbard is carabao horn. A nice and complete Moro Kris sword with rare silver kakatua pommel.

$1495

French dagger in the style of a Turkish court dagger circa 1860-1870. This interesting dagger measures 19 3/8” in total length when measured in its scabbard. This dagger is French made, circa 1860-70, in the Viollet le Duc style and period, and made in the style of an early Turkish court dagger. The handle and scabbard are very fine and precise cast iron. Superb details in both the handle and the scabbard. The blade measures 12 1/8” in total when measured on its own. Very nice steel blade with central ridge and one fuller on each side of the ridge line in partial length of the blade. A superb dagger of cross cultural interest.

$2495

Nice old Dayak Borneo Mandau sword. This is an old one. It measures 25 5/8” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle consists of a tightly woven rattan wrap with the carved top of handle being staghorn. Lovely carvings throughout. Organic ferrule plug. Has a flat section on one side that probably had a coin inlaid at one time. The blade has some old timey carvings on one side. Blade has some oxidation throughout. The scabbard is wood with lovely rattan weaved sections. A belt is attached with a mollusk shell attached along with some fabric. The long-handled Piso Raut is also present. A lovely old mandau.

$595

Bugis Keris sword from Sumatra. This Keris measures 16 1/4” in total length when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood with a wonderful old patina. The figure is clearly seated, with long skinny arms wrapped around its upper torso holding a triangular shaped object on its back. There are carvings on the head, back and triangular shaped object. There is a stable crack on one side of its head. I think this is a pretty old handle. Brass cup mendak is loose. The blade, with visible layering througout, has some rusting and oxidation. The wood scabbard has a lovely patina and shows good age as well.

$595

Sumatran Palembang Keris Sword. This knife measures 14 1/4” in total length when measured in it scabbard. The handle is quite lovely. It is some type of ivory, maybe marine ivory given the patina and color, that has been carved very nicely in a number of sections on the handle. The brass mendak has a lot of patina. It is a bit loose. The old blade has a dark patina but could use a cleaning to better reveal the pamor. I can make out some nice longitudinal lines at the fort. The scabbard with nice wood top piece and the wood stem has been covered in a silver alloy that is undecorated. A very nice keris all together.

$495

Indonesian Madurese Keris Sword with finely carved handle and lovely pamor blade. This Keris measures 19 1/2” when measured in its scabbard. The handle is wood and is finely carved in a very abstract figure. The carving is done in floral decorations and the carving is deep. There is a hairline crack on one side of the handle. The mendak is brass or bronze. The blade is lovely. It has a bold silvery pamor pattern against a dark black blade background. the pattern is swirled at the forte and then goes down the center of the blade with circular pools to each side of the central pattern. There are a few chips to the blade edge in some areas. The scabbard is quite nice as well. Nice wood wrangka and then the wood stem is wrapped in a white metal with floral decorations down each side.

$395

African Chieftan’s prestige sword of the Ngombe. This impressive sword measures 30” in total length. The long handle has a grip wrapped in leather and then a tall tang extension that is wrapped in heavy copper wire. The very top of the blade is also covered in copper one missing section of copper. The blade’s shoulders measure 7” wide. It tapers down to a point where the lower section of the blade widens back out to 5” wide. The blade tapers and then swells back out again at the center and then goes double edged to the tip. There are some nice, incised lines throughout the blade. Well-made blade is rigid and has good weight to it. Blade shows some surface scratches and other signs of wear.

$895

Very nice African Sword of the Kuba. This sword has a grace and beauty to it. Very aesthetically pleasing shape and form. The proportions are lovely and some of the finer details set this one a notch above the normal. Measures 14 1/2” in total length. The blade measures 9 7/8” in total and is 4 1/4” at its widest point. Nice wide blade. The handle is wood with very fine incised lines throughout. Once crack at the very base of the handle next to the blade. The blade has two interesting triangle cut outs next to the handle. There is a prominent central ridge running down the center of the blade. Hafway between the ridge line and the edge are 4 very precisely carved lines that run in the same form as the edge. Really gives the blade an artistic look. Some minor oxidation to the blade.

$395

Superb African Songye Ceremonial Axe Kilonda. This type of axe, known as Kilonda, were symbols of prestige. Produced by the Songye and also by the Nsapo and Luba. This example has a shaft measuring 16” from the top to the bottom. The wood base has been wrapped in a thin copper sheet showing a lovely patina. The substantial and heavy axe blade is impressive. The outer cutting edge of the axe blade measures 10” from the top corner to the bottom corner measured in a straight line. There are three separate sections that come out of the shaft. One is a thick twisted metal that joins the bottom of the crescent shaped axe blade. The middle section is thick with a human head/face on each side and the third section also with a human head/face on each side. The axe blade has a serrated edge at one end and then opposite end has a sharp point. There are some lines carved into the blade around the base. Really good example of the type.

$995

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Indonesian Madurese Keris Dagger with Silver and Ivory Scabbard. This keris measures 17” when measured in its scabbard. Out of the scabbard the keris measures 12”. The handle is Madura style and is well carved ivory. The mendak, slightly loose, is metal with colored stones or glass. The blade is a very dark color with nicely contrasting brass naga on both sides. The scabbard is quite nice with ivory top piece and toe piece with the wood scabbard stem covered in silver. The silver with decorations.

$295

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