presentation & Wootz katar

[TimW]

hey all

I am new here, and would like to introduce myself. As many of you, the childhood fascination for edged stuff stayed. I am now a parttime knifemaker and collect various edged tools. At the moment I do not have a peculiar interest: I like knives with a nice (his)story. In my collection, one can find recent handmade knives, old pocket knives, african and indian weapons, ...

Last week I obtained an old Katar from an antiques dealer in Brussels. It looked old and dirty, but the quality of the blade (geometry, sharpness) made me decide to buy the knife. After a carefull cleaning and etching the following beauty came out:






All info involving age / origin of the katar are more than welcome.

Enjoy

Tim