Auctions Imperial Arms and Armor 2015

The grip covered in leather with monitor lizard band on pommel, the pompon intact. Steel guard. And straight, double-edged blade with broad central fu

Of brass, very well engraved with figures from Persian legend and animals. Sprung cutoff. Mid 19th century. Light wear. Overall length 11.4 cm. Con

The well-forged steel head of quadrangular section fitted to a tapered hardwood haft with a polygonal iron chape. Latter 19th century. Light wear. Ove

The steel grip with silver inlaid borders, the curved, double-edged blade forged of pattern-welded damascus steel. In its leather-covered wooden sheat

Of a form seldom encountered, with handwrought steel blade. Set in a hardwood haft with rattan binding and set with black and red-dyed hair tufts. Mid

Likely Thai, well-wrought of steel with three spikes terminating in barbs, with expanded base and spike tang. 19th century. Brown overall. Overall len

The steel body of characteristic form with bud terminal and profiled cutoff spring, the steel suspension loop pierced. Mid-18th century. Worn. Overall

The silver-mounted hilt with bands of filigree. Well-forged, single-edged blade. In its filigreed silver-covered wooden sheath. Late 19th century. Min

The brass-mounted hilt with rayskin grip. Well-forged blade with concave tip and raised, chamfered edge. In its wooden sheath with brass bands. Late 1

A large example, with characteristic horn grips, and recurved steel blade with a worn engraving of Zul-Faqar at the right forte. In its leather-covere