There seem to be some confusion here.
Some katar blades were made form broken sword blades, while others were made from broken down sword blades. To this comes that many sword blades, and dagger blade for that matter were melted down and used for new blades - even old nail were used.

Salaams Jens Nordlunde and thank you for clearing that matter up.
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

warning: barely related thread veer:

peacocks are ANNOYING, irritating birds!

their scream is one of the loudest things a bird can produce, on a par with a howler monkey. a famiy near me in glucestersire had two. they wander where they feel like, and make a rooster sound positively mute and innocuous. they also can be agressive and reguarly chase people, especially children.

peahens, however are not so misbehaved. recent studies have also shown that peahens, sensibly, do NOT choose a mate based on his tail display.

peacocks are edible tho ;)

we now return you to the regularly scheduled thread.