20th January 2013, 02:03 PM | #1 |
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Really Nice Katar For comment
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Seems as of late I have acquired a sweet tooth for katars. Here is my latest purchase a buy now on eBay. It is quite clean very well executed fullers and is most probably wootz. Comments welcome . |
20th January 2013, 02:17 PM | #2 |
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Very nice katar, love the fullers on the blade. Hope that I don't get infected!
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20th January 2013, 02:48 PM | #3 |
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That is really nice!
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20th January 2013, 04:20 PM | #4 |
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Hi Lew,
Yes it is a nice katar - congratulations. Without hand on I would say Deccan 18th century. Polished blades can be wootz, and often are, but not always. Jens |
20th January 2013, 04:26 PM | #5 |
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nice
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24th January 2013, 08:45 PM | #6 |
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The katar arrived today. I gave it a light cleaning and etched the fullers. A lovely wootz pattern popped. The katar itself is super high quality and beefy with a wide grip even for my large hands . Will take some clearer pics tomorrow.
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I etched and burnished inside of the fullers. I buffed around the edges and the tip to bring out some more contrast between the two areas. See new picture above.
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25th January 2013, 02:27 PM | #8 |
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Very nice Lew! would love to see your whole collection of katars :-))
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25th January 2013, 05:38 PM | #10 |
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Very beautiful thank you! are they all wootz?
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A good variety! I'll make a topic soon and try to have people share their jambiya collections... you have inspired me ;-) |
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26th January 2013, 11:16 AM | #13 |
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Wow, what a nice collection!
How you display them? Regards, Detlef |
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