AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR 2014

The grip wrought entirely of steel, the pommel a fully-modeled lion?s head. The lightly-curved, single-edged blade wrought of actively-grained wootz.

An earlier than average example, the grip carved of a single large section of horn with characteristic crested and hooked pommel. The silvered guard w

Wrought entirely of bronze with deep patina, the faceted socket tapering continuously toward the droplet-form head, which is pierced with ALLAH and re

Each with handforgeddha blade of characteristic form, lightly-curved and expanding toward the acutely-pointed tip, one struck at the forte with a rect

Likely Circassian work, the elephant grip with nielloed silver bosses. The straight, broad, handwrought blade double-edged, showing evidence of parrtn

Of Afedali type, with broadly-flared butt on hardwood stock.Mounted with a silver-inlaid snaphaunce lock, featuring a sliding pan cover. The barrel co

The grip wrought entirely of actively-grained Persian wootz steel with hooked pommel and remains of gold-inlaid borders, the bolster well-inlaid in go

The hardwood stock with silver furniture very finely embellished with areas of filigree,deeply embossed and chased motifs, Lock finely chiseled in ba

The finely-carved horn grip characteristic of Trabzon work, with superbly engraved, nielloed and gilded ferrule.The heavy, bifullered blade with stron

With solid silver grips and profiled steel bolster, the single-edged blade forged of finely patterned Kara Taban Persian wootzdamascus steel. In its l