Husar,
You have a most extraordinary katar; I have seen a fair number of katars, but never one like this one.
I too have a feeling that it is a ceremonial weapon, and Andrew has explained the reason for this very well. Most are mounted in such a fashion as to neatly handle significant linear force generated by a punching motion. The attachment of this blade directly to the guard as shown would not appear to be optimal for the linear or lateral forces one would expect to encounter.
South India gets my vote as well, and like several of you have mentioned, the katar is a very solid weapon. Well Jim, I can’t see the flowers well enough, and even if I could, it is not sure I would know which flowers it is. Congratulation with your acquisition.
Can you give us some measurers? Total length, length of blade, plate size, the width of the two bars, how much place is there for the hand?
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