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ariel · 22nd February 2019, 10:00 PM

Going back to the original inquiry:
ANY handle of ANY dagger placed horizontally would resemble katar's handle placed vertically.
Deriving any far-reaching conclusions from that and supporting them with linguistic similarity of derivatives of the same root doesn't cut the mustard, IMHO.

22nd February 2019, 10:00 PM	#123
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Going back to the original inquiry: ANY handle of ANY dagger placed horizontally would resemble katar's handle placed vertically. Deriving any far-reaching conclusions from that and supporting them with linguistic similarity of derivatives of the same root doesn't cut the mustard, IMHO. Last edited by ariel; 23rd February 2019 at 12:04 AM.