Just 5/8 outer diameter. Cylindrical with chamfered edges for a crisp release as with the adult examples. Probably made for an infant.
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Measures 3/4" o.d.(19.6mm)
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5 3/4 leaf shaped wedge section blade with double fuller each side. Two piece horn grip secured with five rivets, each with lobed and stipple detailed rossetes
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11 1/2 blade of wedge section tapering to the point and characteristic swelled profile. Wood grip with expanded butt and braided split cane base band. Grip shows rich glossy patina with old shrinkage crack. Blade smooth with dark patina and minor blemish
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Good early example with curved hard wood grip with two bands of cabled decoration. 7 1/8 blade of slightly convex section and taper to the sharply angled point. Uniform fine rich patina throughout. Exceptional early example.
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Elegant form with 7 1/4 down turned blade expanding toward the point in kukri form. That feature moves the center of percussion forward for a more effective blow. Turned wood grip with slightly expanded butt and incised line above the copper base ferrule
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One piece horn grip of faceted section and finely contoured form. Tapered faceted copper base ferrule. Very heavy 11 3/4 blade of thick wedge section with chamfer to the top, one side. Shows smooth dark patina over old sharpening and few edge chips.
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The top surmounted by a curious stick figure holding a trident, constructed of a torso and head with separate arms and legs attached by rivet construction.
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2 7/8 concave faced hatched point blade. Two piece bone grip with fine gilt central mount and laminated copper horn and white metal pommel. Foliage embossed white metal scabbard with ray skin medial band. The face with three tall mounts with glass stone
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Brass hilt with thick rectangular guard and rectangular block form pommel. Wood grip with brass band ferrules.
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10 1/4” overall with 6 1/8” wedge section blade.
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Good early example 17th-18th century. One piece bronze hilt with broad crested pommel, faceted baluster form grip and broad guard.
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Good quality of characteristic form with two piece bone grip. Laminated multi metal pommel and iron base ferrule.
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The 19th century saw rampant piracy along the desolate stretches of the Yangtze River which penetrates nearly 4000 miles into China’s interior and served as the principle carrier for goods from the interior.
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Good example with large thickened edge oval guard with relief characters above and below the blade, both sides.
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6 3/8” wedge section blade chiseled with a standing figure in court dress one side and Angkor Wat flanked by foliage and...
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Early example C.1800 or earlier.
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19th century. Small size with 6 5/8” blade of expanded down turned form with double broad fullers. Brass mounted black horn mounted hilt with lion face pommel. Brass tipped black leather covered scabbard with both side knives intact.
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18 1/4” ridged back wedge section blade of slightly down curved form with . Flared base iron ferrule to the lobed form wood hilt...
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Classic example of good quality with 11 1/4” slightly curved s.e blade...
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Boxer Rebellion period, Late 19th century. 22 3/4” curved blade of elegant form, tapered in thickness from the root to the point.
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Characteristic form and superior quality with heavy 17 1/2” slightly concave wedge section blade.
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Iron head with lapped seam conical socket, characteristic faceted bolster mount and spirally twisted diamond section central spike flanked by recurved sharpened edge axe blades.
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Mid 19th century to Boxer Rebellion period. 29 3/8” s.e. blade of heavy wedge section with narrow fuller each side.
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Sino-Japanese War period C.1937, styled after the Japanese pattern.
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Bohol, north of Mindanao, second half of the 19th century. 22” blade of thick section and crescent form, shows gray patina with minor spotty oxidation.
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Bohol, second half of the 19th century as above. 14 1/2” blade of thick section and deep crescent form, shows light surface rust in thick old preservative.
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One piece horn grip with elaborately figured top.
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Russo-Japanese War period, C.1904-5, pattern introduced in 1899.
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See Stone p.502-this example superior to the Stone examples. 21 7/8” wedge section blade expanded toward the intricately scalloped point.
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