Culacula Club
Fiji Islands, Oceania
Circa 1900
Iron wood
Length : 110 ; L. : 17 cm
This monoxyle wooden club has a cylindrical handle, slightly flared at the proximal end. The distal part is c[...]
TSUBA Mokko Gata
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
Steel, copper
H. 8.4; L 7.6 cm; Thickness 6 mm
H. Nakago Hitsu Ana: 2.8 mm
Iron tsuba engraved with geometric motifs and stylised wheels inlaid wi[...]
Halberd and Halberd of Parement Period Viollet Le Duc XIXth. This halberd and halberd are decorated with an engraving on each side. Handles cut at the height of the decoration by brass rivets, with th[...]
Infantry officer's SABER, model 1882
France
19th century
Steel, bronze, horn
Total length: 95.5 ; Blade length: 83 cm
Bronze mounting with long tang, riveted knob and hilt with three secondary [...]
Corsican stylus with scabbard
France, circa 1880
Steel, nickel silver, leather, wood, bone, mother-of-pearl
Total length: 30.5 cm ; Length. of stylus: 29.1 cm - Length. of blade 17.5cm
Double-e[...]
Kris or Kriss ‘King Fischer’ type KNIFE
Province of Pattani, Northern Malaysia, Southern Thailand
19th century
Wood and pamor
Total length: 45 cm
Knife length: 34.5 cm; Blade length: 26 cm
(r[...]
Club said ‘bird beak
Kanak culture, New Caledonia
Circa 1900
Wood
Length: 63 cm
This carved wooden club owes its name to the stylised shape of its head. The distal end[...]
The Dha is the national sword of Burma, but also used by nearby countries.
This nice example is much probaby from the Shan people of eastern Burma. The scabbard is of wood encased in near-pure hamme[...]
Masonic Templar Fraternal Sword
M.C. Lilley & Co
Ohio, United States, 19th century
Steel, bronze
Sword dimensions: L.: 89; W.: 13 cm
Total length: 93 cm
Double-edged blade, acid-etched on bo[...]
Second half of the 19th century Origin: South Maghreb Sublime Tuareg dagger, a striking example of the refinement of Saharan weapons. The finely tapered steel blade has a shape that is both elegant an[...]
Large SABRE knife all in metal and without sheath type AFN Flyssa Flissa - Kabylie SDC24ARB003 Period 19th century Blade length 51 cm Total length of the knife 62.5 cm An old knife in very good condit[...]
Selected walnut box containing a closing billhook fitted with a spring release system at the cap, allowing the blade to be released. The box contains five blades in perfect condition as well as an ori[...]
Corse stylus, model called "à la Gennoise" silver metal, 19th century.
Steel blade with one edge and counter edge.
Handle "rocket" faceted of nacre rods encrusted with scales, separated by four si[...]
Luxury picnic kit
France
Circa 1845
Silver, brass, iron, leather, steel, scales, pewter
H. 13.5 cm; D. 7.5 cm
Luxury picnic set in a barrel-shaped leather box.
It contains a folding knife with[...]
We present this Japanese blade and its scabbard (the handle is not authentic). On the other hand, Japanese characters are affixed on the blade which must give the name of the blacksmith and probably a[...]
Dagger
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
Steel, brass, lacquer
Total length: 33 ; Blade length: 22.5 cm
Tanto-type dagger.
Straight, double-edged blade with central edge.
Black lacquered brass han[...]
Spanish rapier in the 16th/17th century style, 19th century period. Openwork basket guard and straight quillons. Good condition, uncleaned, found condition. Blade length: 92cm Total length: 110cm Fast[...]
Fine épée de cour de l'époque Présidence ayant appartenue au Maréchal Sébastiani. La fusée et la monture sont en acier bleui et laiton doré. La garde à chaînette est formée de perles d'acier taillées [...]
Brass frame. Guard at a branch. Ogive-shaped cruise. Short-tailed crown with so-called “melon rib” pommel. Finely squared wooden handle. Curved white blade with hollow sides and gutters, length 84.6 c[...]
Brass mount. German-style single-branch hilt. Octagonal cap with short tail decorated with relief moldings. Finely checkered ebony knuckle. Brass ferrule decorated with lines. Curved blade with hollow[...]
Cast brass frame. Cruise with two rolling quillons bent downwards, with chape cover. One-piece handle with eighteen strands ending in a pommel in the shape of a rooster's head. Mirror polished blade, [...]
Beautiful hunting knife of very good quality,
carved bone handle,
unsharpened blade and very good condition,
beautiful leather sheath with nickel silver fittings
probably german made
This is a Restoration period naval officer's dagger. These naval daggers, although banned by Emperor Napoleon, had been worn by officers throughout the imperial period. Logically, officers continued t[...]
TSUBA Kawari Gata
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
Sentoku
H. 5.6 cm, L. 8.4 cm, Thickness 4.7 mm
Nakago Hitsu Ana: 2.7 cm
Sentoku tsuba, openwork, the mimi is represented by the dragon Ryū[...]
TSUBA Maru Gata
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
Iron, copper
H. 6.9 cm, length 6.7 cm, thickness 4 mm
H. Nakago Hitsu Ana: 2.6 cm
Openwork iron tsuba, representing a stylised wheel.
Ref : 4918[...]
Beautiful Scottish dirk
with solid silver fittings, size 3/4, for a young man,
engraving and decorations,
steel, wood, leather, silver,
complete with its accessories
Iron sword with reversed trefoil quillon and large guard ring of the 17th century type, more probably made around the 19th century. Primitive rapier model sword with reversed guard ring and crossguard[...]
Dagger cane / system dagger, damascened blade, sculpted horn pommel, wooden shaft, from the late 19th-early 20th centuries. This cane is in its original condition. Please note: it closes poorly, the b[...]
Berber oriental dagger circa 1880 in wood and brass. The handle is decorated with silver wire inlay. The brass scabbard is decorated with engraved patterns. Length 30cm
Traditional Jambiya knife (Yemen) horn handle, metal sheath (silver?) embroidered fabric belt. Steel blade (traces of rust) Jambiya length 33cm, with sheath 39.5cm, belt length 93cm, belt width 9cm. C[...]
Original weapon, of extremely careful workmanship made for the officers of the 6th Chasseurs à Cheval regiment, of which a few rare examples have come down to us.
Hungarian guard enriched with fine e[...]
Bronze dagger, nicely twisted handle, quillons ending in an engraved ball. Very beautiful blade with double-grooved ricasso which is older. Scabbard with two suspension systems in gilded brass (remain[...]
Ottoman ceremonial dagger circa 1860. The blade and scabbard are slightly curved. The copper scabbard is decorated with silver wire and an acre plaque. The handle ends in the shape of birds and is als[...]
Elegant small hunting knife.
Handle in deer antler. Silver cap and ferrule engraved with hollow bottoms of foliage decorations.
Guard in polished steel. Three-sided blade polished ice. Sharp point i[...]
This is a khandjar, which comes from Persia and dates from the very beginning of the 19th century, or even the end of the 18th century. This is a real weapon, and not a "panoply" weapon like the secon[...]
TSUBA Kawari Gata
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
Sentoku, copper
H. 5.6 ; L. 4,8 cm ; Thickness 4.7 mm
H. Nakago Hitsu Ana: 2.6 cm
Sentoku tsuba, openwork, decorated with a dog on the top, linke[...]
TSUBA Maru Gata
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
Iron
H. 8.3; L. 8.4 cm; Thickness 5 mm
H. Nakago Hitsu Ana: 2.8 cm
Openwork iron tsuba in the shape of a spinning wheel.
Reference: 4914
Text[...]
Romantic dagger, twisted ivory handle, nickel silver ferrule, iron guard with small quillons; diamond-shaped blade with hollow sides; shaped nickel silver scabbard with a bail ring
Gold-plated brass frame composed of an upper part and a lower part:
The upper part measures 6.8 cm in length x 3.1 cm in width x 2.5 cm in height approximately
The lower part forms a skirt of ab[...]
This navaja is Spanish, it comes from Santa Cruz de Mudela, and dates from the beginning of the 19th century. It comes from an old collection and according to family tradition it would have been broug[...]
Bodyguard sabre for Monsieur, brass hilt with four branches decorated with fleurons, plate decorated with a cut-out palmette and bearing two numbers on the underside: "110" and "15", wooden fuse cover[...]
A fine and rather rare, late 19 century Omani khanjar dagger. It has a curved and dubble edged blade with a raised central rib, forged from good steel. The hilt shows the classical “I” shape design an[...]
A nice Zulu 'iwisa' or 'knobkerrie'. The name is derived from the Afrikaans word knop, meaning knob or ball and the Khoekhoe or San word kirri, meaning walking stick. It's a traditional weapon among t[...]
Presented is a nice Mindan dha sword from the late 19th century.
Both hilt and sword are decorated with mythical illustrations and text. Similar to a comic book. In our example these illustrations a[...]
This is a beautiful hunting dagger, or hunting knife, or in German "Hirschfänger". The pictures describe it better than I can... It dates from the first half of the 19th century (or maybe even a littl[...]
Romantic dagger with a rocket representing an Egyptian divinity, late 19th century. A similar dagger was sold in the catalog of the Manufacture d'armes et cycle de St-Etienne named Cleopatra, late 19t[...]
Beau sabre d'Officier d'Artillerie Montée de la Garde Nationale sur le modèle An XI de Cavalerie légère époque du début de la Monarchie de Juillet.
Etat :.
Bon état général
Très belle lame bleuie[...]
Stirrups of this type are usually described as from Moroccan origin, which is correct, but incomplete since this form is found throughout North Africa and part of the Middle East, so in fact in what w[...]
These are South American spurs, most likely Argentinian because of their shape, although some Chilean spurs can also have this kind of silhouette. They can be dated to the 19th century.
They are enti[...]
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