i would love to see a katar weilding heroe , i dont know the origin of these weapons but they are for assassins and can be coated with poison and such. i heard somewhere long ago that its origin is arabian? but im not sure at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFnuBu9sOSU
i only found picture of a female wielding them , this is in no way a female only weapon , its just that i didint search hard enough , anyway in the video its a guy so yeah.
Heya,
This weapon was used by indian warrior called "rajput" from around 900AD. These weapons were actually more used as a dagger and not as an assassin style weapon. They slabbed and slashed with it, as it would make very nasty cuts and was able to penetrate most of the armor around the time in asia. It could also fold out like thie drawing you posted. It was more of a specialty weapon though, they usually just had swords and shields.
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