On the velvet-draped table you see an acid-etched shamshir with a black onyx grip and gilded guard, a gleaming schiavona with an ornate fire-gilded basket hilt, a skull-pommeled longsword with a crossbone guard, a jade-hilted talibon with a gold-inlaid blade, a watered-steel broadsword with downswept golden lion quillons and a double-bladed sword with a carved ivory wolf hilt.