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Old 6th September 2014, 04:49 PM   #1
Jens Nordlunde
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There seem to be some confusion here.
Some katar blades were made form broken sword blades, while others were made from broken down sword blades. To this comes that many sword blades, and dagger blade for that matter were melted down and used for new blades - even old nail were used.
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Old 7th September 2014, 03:22 PM   #2
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There seem to be some confusion here.
Some katar blades were made form broken sword blades, while others were made from broken down sword blades. To this comes that many sword blades, and dagger blade for that matter were melted down and used for new blades - even old nail were used.
Salaams Jens Nordlunde and thank you for clearing that matter up.
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