Did the English make katars?

Jens Nordlunde · 21st April 2007, 03:49 PM

Thank you for your posts – and the pictures. So, a small number of katars were made outside India, but were these katars made for Indians or for Europeans?

What made me start this thread was, that the English had many more Indian troops under weapons than they had Nepalese, and yet they made kukris for their Nepalese troops, but not katars for their Indian troops, I wonder why?

It seems as if the Indian troops got European blades from England and elsewhere, and the hilt was put on, on arrival, but why tulwar blades, why not katars as well?

21st April 2007, 03:49 PM	#13
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Thank you for your posts – and the pictures. So, a small number of katars were made outside India, but were these katars made for Indians or for Europeans? What made me start this thread was, that the English had many more Indian troops under weapons than they had Nepalese, and yet they made kukris for their Nepalese troops, but not katars for their Indian troops, I wonder why? It seems as if the Indian troops got European blades from England and elsewhere, and the hilt was put on, on arrival, but why tulwar blades, why not katars as well?