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1st March 2009, 08:29 PM
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Just finished on Ebay...a KATAR
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1st March 2009, 11:14 PM
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...he has hundreds of them (and tulwars, firanghis) cheap as chips and very rusty
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1st March 2009, 11:23 PM
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and the katars are too small even for my 8 year old sister.
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1st March 2009, 11:30 PM
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2nd March 2009, 09:28 AM
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They appear to be old.
I have 2 similar examples that I bought over 10 years ago. The tip of the pieces I have are thicker, indicating the armour piecing type. Althought narrow, I assume they are original ? Any other opinions around ? Best regards, Willem |
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2nd March 2009, 01:00 PM
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I have a genuine one with a 60 mm grip. This is often seen in katars ... better say, jamdhars. Fernando |
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2nd March 2009, 05:52 PM
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A blade with 25 cm....a punch....should make a great pain… in an human body! They had to know what they have done old times in India
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3rd March 2009, 11:33 AM
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Hello Members
I am the guy [lightingray]who listed all the said katars talked about in the forum. Yes i do have a load of tulwars about 150 in my office right now most of them are rusty but will clean up quite easy. A few of the blades have engraving and armoury marks. Some have realy nice hilts and outhers nice blades and easy to swap over as in india tar or ceiling wax was often used to fix a blade. I am disapionted with ebay for banning the sale of oversized ethnic tableware on there site but i do now know a lot of collectors worldwide who buy from myself. Any members who wish to buy can contact me. [not to certain if this is allowed] Well i hope this has cleared up the mystery. All the best indiablade |
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4th March 2009, 06:29 AM
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I'm somewhat new to katars, most I've seen are in really rough shape. Are the ones offered on epay "arsenal" grade while others are more finely finished?
Would these rough types be reserved for poorly trained foot soldiers in an emergency? Would officers and those with money have better finished katars, not have them issued through the arsenal? Greg |
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4th March 2009, 01:20 PM
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4th March 2009, 01:51 PM
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Sale offers should be in the Swap Forum
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I bought a plain katar once at the London Arms Fair, very much "munitions grade" with the armor piercing point. There were some numbers stamped on the hilt which I presumed were military until I saw similar marks on something entirely different in Ewart Oakeshott's collection and discovered these were accession numbers for the old display at the Rotunda at Woolwich... |
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