new old Katar

Atlantia · 19th March 2009, 08:31 PM

Hi Willem
Those are rather nice.
The one that Peter has with the distinctive 'grip' with the smaller crossbars is the 'style' I've seen quite a few of over the last year or two.
They seem almost like they are cast then ground, they have the thickened diamond section point etc.
They often seem to be in fairly good shape, just with a good recent looking coating of rust.
I can only say that there was a steady trickle of this style coming from maker of modern Indian weapons who if memory serves was describing them as 'old inventory' or just 'old'.

I like your one with the integrated perforated plate between the grip bars! Nice pair in general. Congrats.

Incidentally, I'm not have a 'dig' at the very recent 'glut' of worn well used exmples on ebay.uk. I think someone must have turned out an armoury somewhere and although all 'munitions' grade, they mostly looked like they had some age.

19th March 2009, 08:31 PM	#1
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Hi Willem Those are rather nice. The one that Peter has with the distinctive 'grip' with the smaller crossbars is the 'style' I've seen quite a few of over the last year or two. They seem almost like they are cast then ground, they have the thickened diamond section point etc. They often seem to be in fairly good shape, just with a good recent looking coating of rust. I can only say that there was a steady trickle of this style coming from maker of modern Indian weapons who if memory serves was describing them as 'old inventory' or just 'old'. I like your one with the integrated perforated plate between the grip bars! Nice pair in general. Congrats. Incidentally, I'm not have a 'dig' at the very recent 'glut' of worn well used exmples on ebay.uk. I think someone must have turned out an armoury somewhere and although all 'munitions' grade, they mostly looked like they had some age.