Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2021, 04:22 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2021, 04:12 PM
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Oh! Hmm, that's quite interesting. I think very...
Oh! Hmm, that's quite interesting. I think very clearly this is just some kind of haphazard makeshift tang. To me the likely story here is that, at some point, the original tang on that blade broke...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2021, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 13
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Update: it arrived this morning! I have to run...
Update: it arrived this morning! I have to run some errands today however so I probably won't be able to take, let alone post, images until the early evening. Initial impressions though are that it's...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2021, 04:25 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2021, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 26,872
Quite striking geometry on that hilt! Yes, I...
Quite striking geometry on that hilt! Yes, I would assume the EIC is East India Company. This whole piece was likely made in the mid-late 19th century, though the unusually angular hilt makes...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2021, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 13
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2021, 02:24 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2021, 09:38 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2021, 09:44 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th March 2021, 08:36 PM
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As someone that can read devanagari, I can...
As someone that can read devanagari, I can corroborate that the inscription indeed reads "varak matsi" (or "matsee", when transcribed phonetically), and Mercenary's explanation here makes the most...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd December 2020, 05:03 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th August 2020, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd June 2020, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 25,696
Not to intentionally throw a wrench in the...
Not to intentionally throw a wrench in the discussion here and completely switch the current focus of thread, but gentlemen I'd like to point out one key element here: the katar in question does not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th May 2020, 03:24 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2020, 11:13 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2020, 12:01 AM
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Replies: 73
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I personally would be wary of attributing much...
I personally would be wary of attributing much age to this piece. Assuming it is even supposed to be some kind of katar, there are fair number of "katars" of similar form - all of which are blatant...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th November 2019, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 70
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2019, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 70
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Just to add to the examples here, one of my...
Just to add to the examples here, one of my katars appears to have had the blade taken off its original hilt and then brazed onto its current one. Also kind of surprised no ones mentioned copper...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th July 2019, 01:16 AM
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Replies: 14
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Hey there bsingh,
What makes you think it is...
Hey there bsingh,
What makes you think it is watered steel? The pictures you provide don't show the blade in any great detail, and even with the large picture it is hard to see much detail in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th June 2019, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 59
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Jim,
Also to address your post directly :)...
Jim,
Also to address your post directly :) it seems to me like these things are the indian equivalent of the european "sword breaker" dagger. Though of course it has just about the same capacity...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th June 2019, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 16
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Kubur,
Unfortunately I was not lucky enough...
Kubur,
Unfortunately I was not lucky enough to win this sword, I simply saved the pictures from the website. Because of this, though I can't say for certain, I'm pretty sure the answer is no.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th June 2019, 03:28 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 43,400
I agree with Ariel and (it seems) everyone else...
I agree with Ariel and (it seems) everyone else that this discussion is a bit silly. Whether we like it or not, in modern times, katar is staying as the "common" name for these punch daggers until a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th June 2019, 01:21 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2019, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 43,400
Excellent overview Jim! Unfortunately that...
Excellent overview Jim! Unfortunately that summarizes my knowledge of the form as well. I did a little bit of looking around online and found an example that has the more usual two-bar grip instead...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2019, 04:05 AM
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Replies: 59
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