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.