Thanks Jim. I see that the one in the Danish Museum has an extra hole below its present mounting at "forte," which suggests to me that it was mounted differently at one time. Perhaps the blade came from a sword that was damaged and converted into a katar also. Both blades could be foreign (firangi), as you suggest.
I remember Jens was trying to date when the katar appeared. IIRC correctly, he concluded it was sometime around the 16-17th C, so yours could be an early example.
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