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

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.

16th May 2007, 01:58 AM	#4
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	#1
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	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,875	Yes i think it is horrible.

16th May 2007, 10:49 AM	#5
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	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	#7
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	It is, indeed, almost certainly a lance or spear blade broken off above the sleeve or tang.