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Roland_M · 27th April 2016, 11:02 PM

Hello everybody,

Here is an Indian Katar, maybe the highest quality blade in my collection.
The massive Blade is 23 cm long, 7 cm wide at the base and ~10 mm thick at the thickest point. With a weight 750 Gramm ( 26.5 oz.) this Katar is very heavy. It is more a very short sword than a dagger. This Katar was used very intensively, the cutting edges have many tiny nicks, the point was slightly deformed.

I don’t know how the bars are attached. All I can say is that they are not attached from outside and not glued from inside.

The condition when I received it was a very well base for a restoration. I decided to apply a mirror finish on the cutting edges and a darker finish in the chiseled areas.

The polishing and the etching letting a nice pattern appear, very fine spheroidized wootz.
I added some macro pictures of the pattern.

Best wishes and every comment is welcome!
Roland

27th April 2016, 11:02 PM	#1
Roland_M Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Germany Posts: 523	Katar with massive wootz blade Hello everybody, Here is an Indian Katar, maybe the highest quality blade in my collection. The massive Blade is 23 cm long, 7 cm wide at the base and ~10 mm thick at the thickest point. With a weight 750 Gramm ( 26.5 oz.) this Katar is very heavy. It is more a very short sword than a dagger. This Katar was used very intensively, the cutting edges have many tiny nicks, the point was slightly deformed. I don’t know how the bars are attached. All I can say is that they are not attached from outside and not glued from inside. The condition when I received it was a very well base for a restoration. I decided to apply a mirror finish on the cutting edges and a darker finish in the chiseled areas. The polishing and the etching letting a nice pattern appear, very fine spheroidized wootz. I added some macro pictures of the pattern. Best wishes and every comment is welcome! Roland Attached Images