Here is my replica of a 18th C Tlingit dagger
Tlingit are peoples of the Northwest Coast of Canada
Dagger was custom made by Tod

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This is a flail that I bought from a local Chinese martial arts store. Although I use it for practicing flail as shown by Mair and Sutor, it was intended for use in Chinese martial arts, so I'm including it here. I have included a photo of it beside Albion's Templar to help give a sense of size and scale.

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Here's my tulwar. The blade is nicely forged, with small serration all along the edge. The hilt had a traditional Indian koftgari work, but it's almost gone.

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Very nice dagger Harry. I must admit that this was completely new one for me, and it gave me new knowledge. I hadn't heard about Tlingits before this.

Zulu Iklwa Short-Spear by Windlass.

Some Korean swords and kitchen knives.

The swords are the Hanwei Korean Cloud Sword, which is a nice accurate replica, and a good sword as well. A typical type of 18th or 19th century Korean sword. Some similar swords can be seen at http://www.arscives.com/historysteel/korean.swordlist.htm

The bottom one is, IIRC, by Munetoshi. Three Kingdoms period sword (contemporary with early Tang).

Of the kitchen knives, the larger is a modern replica, inspired by the hugely successful Korean historical drama Dae Jang Geum, about the life of a royal cook: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dae_Jang_Geum

The other is antique, possibly early 20th century.

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Korean swords

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Korean kitchen knives

Kizlyar Caucasian shashka. Modern replica, made in the Caucasus. About 700g, cuts well.

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Kizlyar shashka

A Bhutanese sword, single-edged, open-sided scabbard. Heavy for its size.

A Bhutanese knife, late 20th century.

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Bhutanese sword and knife

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Bhutanese sword and knife

That last knife looks cool enough, I'd wear it with my Scottish kilt.........Very dirk-ish. :lol: I like that!......McM

Timo - I am really drooling over the Chinese and Korean weapons you have. I really like them.
obviously, I have been trying to learn to make that style (esp. Chinese).

nice collection.
kc

Here's something you don't see every day, or at least I don't so I bought it. :lol:

No, actually I really think it is a nice blend of indigenous materials, but still potentially effective. It's a Pahoa, a dagger from Hawaii. Polynesian culture is fascinating. This one is made from swordfish bill, about 7 inches long. There were some others that had shark teeth where a hilt might be. It's modern, obviously. The maker was very nice and interesting to talk to. He said this type was made for hunting pigs and also for combat in Lua http://data.bishopmuseum.org/press/web/detail...8178-028-1

Of course we were at a luau, so who knows. Maker lives in Kula, Maui, bought at Wailea. More of his work and more about Lua found in the book in link above.

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Possibly NOT what you were looking for - but these swords are definitely "non-european"...

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Im Findlithui hain echant.... :). Not European. Not even adan :).