New Katar

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi

Salaams eric45 I wonder if you typed into SEARCH, katar as it is cramed full of meaningful detail on the subject. Your punch dagger has evidence of what looks like "koftgari" goldwork on the handle .. it looks well used. I think these were called lion knives and used to defend against the big cat on hunting outings.
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

Exactly!
The nature of the metalwork is but one element of the character of the weapon, and katars have been discussed here for many years. I would imagine that there may be collectors who buy weapons simply to find wootz regardless of what type blade it is, but it has been my impression that most have an interest in other aspects of the weapon as well.
If the focus is to be entirely on 'wootz' then using the search will reveal other meaningful discussions on that topic as well.