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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Is this piece antique ; i.e. 100 years old ?
![]() Somehow this doesn't look like a real fighting piece . I would think that the attached tab would seriously hurt the hand if the katar was actually used . http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=7424558672 |
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Arabia
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This is certainly a newly made piece, identifiable by the stereotype damascus birdeye pattern, and the koftgari. However, it is nice
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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No doubt: very, very new...
But in the same vein: I always had doubts about the real use of the unfolding katars(you know, when you press the bars together, the blade opens up in 3 segments). The only solid blade (central) becomes totally hidden and useless. I suspect all of them started as 19th century bazaar pieces for the dumb "farangi". |
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#4 |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The Aussie Bush
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Rick and I talked by PM about this piece before it sold. We both thought the dating was off by a few centuries. Quite an attractive piece but not old. The price surprised me a little given the obvious newness of this one.
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#5 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Very, very, very stereotipic modern kofgari and eyed damascus. Nicely made thou.
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