One other thing that just came to mind is, that the katars shown in Hamza all have relatively short side guards - Hamza was made in mid 16th century.
In Elgoods new book Arms and Armour, at the Jaiput Court, he shows on page 80-81 an all steel katar, without any decoration, being 93.5 cm long with a blade of 48 cm. Dated to late 16th or 17th century.
Maybe this does not have to mean much, as when the katar was fully developed, there would still be some who would want to make 'new' forms.
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