eBay auction for a Katar blade ...is it?

katana · 15th May 2007, 07:09 PM

Hi Everyone,
followed this on eBay.....if genuine...looks to be a very nice blade. But the 'fixing point' where the blade is connected to the hilt does not 'look right'....what do you think?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...9991&rd=1&rd=1

Regards David

Lew · 15th May 2007, 07:35 PM

Katana

It strikes me as being a cast blade not forged.

Lew

Tim Simmons · 15th May 2007, 07:56 PM

Yes i think it is horrible.

katana · 15th May 2007, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LOUIEBLADES

Katana

It strikes me as being a cast blade not forged.

Lew

Hi Lew,
thanks, I must admit that the pictures DO suggest it is cast. Thats why I was concerned....(that ,and the 'fixing point').I assumed that if it were 'genuine' ...the 'decoration' at the 'hilt end' would have been chiselled...and would have been a 'status piece' because of the craftsmanship involved.

Hi Tim,
I agree ...if it is cast ...it is indeed 'horrible'.....if this is genuinely forged and the decoration is chiselled ...I think due to the craftsmanship IMHO it is much 'nicer'.

CollectingNewbie · 16th May 2007, 01:58 AM

I also saw this peice a few times, it does not look right to me, the whole blade looks thickened not just the point, and in one of the pictures the seller had a marker sitting off in the left corner, which whould suggest that the peice is prety small, that is assuming the it is a regular sized marker

Jens Nordlunde · 16th May 2007, 10:49 AM

It makes me wonder is, why you accept the sellers postulate that the blade is from a katar. Besides from the quality and the not too good pictures, to me it looks more like the head of a lance, which has been broken.

katana · 16th May 2007, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

to me it looks more like the head of a lance, which has been broken.

Good 'point' Jens....

CharlesS · 16th May 2007, 02:14 PM

It is, indeed, almost certainly a lance or spear blade broken off above the sleeve or tang.

15th May 2007, 07:09 PM	#1
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	eBay auction for a Katar blade ...is it? Hi Everyone, followed this on eBay.....if genuine...looks to be a very nice blade. But the 'fixing point' where the blade is connected to the hilt does not 'look right'....what do you think? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...9991&rd=1&rd=1 Regards David

16th May 2007, 01:58 AM	#5
CollectingNewbie Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 160	. I also saw this peice a few times, it does not look right to me, the whole blade looks thickened not just the point, and in one of the pictures the seller had a marker sitting off in the left corner, which whould suggest that the peice is prety small, that is assuming the it is a regular sized marker

15th May 2007, 07:35 PM	#2
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Katana It strikes me as being a cast blade not forged. Lew

15th May 2007, 07:56 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,739	Yes i think it is horrible.

16th May 2007, 10:49 AM	#6
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,713	It makes me wonder is, why you accept the sellers postulate that the blade is from a katar. Besides from the quality and the not too good pictures, to me it looks more like the head of a lance, which has been broken.

16th May 2007, 02:14 PM	#8
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,855	It is, indeed, almost certainly a lance or spear blade broken off above the sleeve or tang.