Indian thrusting dagger
| Indian thrusting dagger | |
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| Weapon type: | Dagger, thrusting dagger |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
India , warrior box in India |
| Distribution: | India |
| Overall length: | about 36 cm |
| Blade length: | about 36 cm |
| Handle: | metal |
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An Indian thrusting dagger is a weapon from India.
description
An Indian thrusting dagger has a straight, double-edged blade. The blade is smooth and has neither a central ridge nor a hollow grind. It runs from the magazine to the place, narrowing . The place is pointed. An additional sheet of metal, which is riveted onto the blade, serves as a handle and hand protection and is decorated. The Indian thrusting dagger is the forerunner of the better known Qatar . This thrusting dagger is also known as the Qatar, but is a direct precursor in the development of shapes. This can be recognized by the fact that a dagger or short sword blade was attached to a cross-seated handle. In the later Qatar, a separate, wedge-shaped blade shape was established and a special handle with two cross bars and two rails to the right and left of the handle bars was added. The pata is also a further development of the Qatar. The Indian push dagger is used by warrior sets in India.
Individual evidence
- ^ National Museum of India, Swarajya Prakash Gupta, Masterpieces from the National Museum collection , Verlag National Museum, 1985, p. 153
literature
- George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times , Courier Dover Publications, 1999, pages 345–347, ISBN 978-0-486- 40726-5
- E. Jaiwant Paul, Arms and Armor: Traditional Weapons of India , Roli Books, 2005, ISBN 978-81-7436-340-4
- Lord Egerton of Tatton, Wilbraham Egerton Egerton, Indian and Oriental Armor , Courier Dover Publications, 2002, illustrated edition, ISBN 978-0-486-42229-9
- Björn-Uwe Abels, A contribution to the development of the Indian thrusting dagger, called Qatar or Jamdhar, Waffen- und Costumekunde 2012, Vol. 54, Issue 2, 145-160.
