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Post by toasterburn on Oct 17, 2016 19:53:51 GMT
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Oct 17, 2016 21:37:49 GMT
Looks modern to me. Perhaps the blade is old (or perhaps not), but the rest looks newly-made. (I think most of the cheap ebay katars from India are new.)
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Post by stormmaster on Oct 17, 2016 22:30:39 GMT
looks artificially aged to look old to me
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Post by demonskull on Oct 17, 2016 23:26:47 GMT
The grips on the ones I've experienced, have curved gripping bars where this one has ones that appear to have been made on a lathe. I'd have to agree that this appears to be a modern made piece.
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Post by toasterburn on Oct 18, 2016 11:49:24 GMT
Interesting; I had suspected from the design that it wasn't ancient. Still, I have a quote from a bladesmith on what it would cost for him to forge a modern katar, and I got this one considerably cheaper than that, so I'm happy with it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2016 18:43:34 GMT
Overall, that is not as historically correct as one would think. However, what really baffles me is the fullers in the blade...
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Oct 18, 2016 20:20:17 GMT
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Post by legacyofthesword on Oct 18, 2016 22:25:27 GMT
Interesting; I had suspected from the design that it wasn't ancient. Still, I have a quote from a bladesmith on what it would cost for him to forge a modern katar, and I got this one considerably cheaper than that, so I'm happy with it. Even if it is a replica, it's a very nice looking piece.
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