Jamdhar katari - a theory

[ariel]

Going back to the original inquiry:
ANY handle of ANY dagger placed horizontally would resemble katar's handle placed vertically.
Deriving any far-reaching conclusions from that and supporting them with linguistic similarity of derivatives of the same root doesn't cut the mustard, IMHO.

[Ian]

As a somewhat irrelevant aside to this discussion, the Australian Customs Officers confiscated all of my katars when I returned to Australia last year. They classified them as "push daggers," which are prohibited imports into Australia. Push daggers are considered here to be too dangerous as weapons against other people to allow an ordinary citizen or collector to own one!


Ian.

[ariel]

Sorry to hear that.

[mahratt]

Originally Posted by Ian

As a somewhat irrelevant aside to this discussion, the Australian Customs Officers confiscated all of my katars when I returned to Australia last year. They classified them as "push daggers," which are prohibited imports into Australia. Push daggers are considered here to be too dangerous as weapons against other people to allow an ordinary citizen or collector to own one!


Ian.

Sadly ... I empathize with you ....

[Mercenary]

Originally Posted by Ian

As a somewhat irrelevant aside to this discussion, the Australian Customs Officers confiscated all of my katars when I returned to Australia last year. They classified them as "push daggers," which are prohibited imports into Australia. Push daggers are considered here to be too dangerous as weapons against other people to allow an ordinary citizen or collector to own one!


Ian.

I wrote in another topic that in the USSR the police did not consider knives of the type of a kard (zirakboukh ;-)) as a weapon, because the hand could slip from them when struck. The police have their own ideas.