Hooded Qatar

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Hooded Qatar
Indian-Hooded-Qatar.jpg
Drawing based on the original photo of the Qatar object 1139 at Oriental-Arms.
Information
Weapon type: dagger
Designations: Hooded Qatar
Use: weapon
Region of origin /
author:
India , warrior box in India
Distribution: India
Overall length: about 46 cm to about 61 cm
Blade length: about 36 cm to about 43 cm
Handle: metal
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The hood Qatar (Engl. Hooded Qatar) is a dagger from India.

description

The hooded katar has a double-edged, wedge-shaped, strong blade. The blade usually has multiple hollow grinds, but there are also versions with a central ridge. The handle is made of metal and has two handles that are perpendicular to the blade. A metal plate (hood) is used as a guard and hand protection, which is attached in such a way that it protects the user's fingers and hand. The blade and handguard are often richly decorated. The hooded katar is a further developed version of the Qatar . It is a development stage from Qatar to Pata , in which the entire hand is protected almost to the elbow. The hooded qatar is used by warrior castes in India.

Media reception

In the television series "Forged in Fire", Tournament, Round 2 (Indian Hooded Qatar) (2018), the participants were given the task of forging a hooded katar. The prize money was $ 50,000.

See also

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, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (reprint), pages 345-347.
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Wilbraham Egerton Egerton: Indian and Oriental Armor. 1896, Dover Publications, 2002, illustrated edition, ISBN 978-0-486-42229-9 (reprint).
  • Diagram Group: The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 BC to the 21st Century. St. Martin's Griffin Publishing House, 2007, ISBN 978-0-312-36832-6 .
  • E. Jaiwant Paul: Arms and Armor: Traditional Weapons of India. Roli Books, 2005, ISBN 978-81-7436-340-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. Kaputzenkatar (hooded-katar) Object 1139 ( Memento from April 17, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) at oriental-arms.co.il
  2. 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, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (reprint), page 347.
  3. Hooded katar at Oriental Arms, English (accessed on February 18, 2010)
  4. Kaputzenkatar (hooded-katar) ( Memento from April 17, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) at mandarinmansion.com
  5. Kaputzenkatar (hooded-katar) Object FNS4197 ( Memento from April 17, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) at faganarms.com
  6. IMDB entry on "Forged in Fire" Tournament, Round 2 (Indian Hooded Qatar) (2018)

Web links

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