The jamadhar ('death tooth'), better known as a katar, is a style of dagger limited to the Indian Subcontinent. This example is typical in having a straight double edged blade abruptly arising from a cross piece to which are attached hand and wrist guards parallel to the blade on either side and a grip formed by a pair of cross bars. The 7½ inch (19.3 cm) blade of this example has a high central mid rib on each face flanked on each side by two deep fullers having an opposing direction of taper. The blade thickness expands beyond the fuller to 0.56 inch (1.42 cm) to form an armor piercing tip; thickness of the mid rib at the center of the fullered area is just over ¼ inch (0.64 cm). Damascus wootz grain may best be recognized in the flats of the wider fullers; interestingly, a track-like pattern of tiny impressions in one of these fullers appears to represent an attempt to close a forging flaw. The piece is well patinated with a few foci of mild to very focally moderate pitting. Overall length is 15 inches (38 cm) with a weight of 17 ounces (484 grams).