What is it? Game 88

1. KIT CLOUD
   January 15th, 2009 at 8:06 am

   That is a Katar. It was used to punch through armor I belive.

2. TwoDragons
   January 15th, 2009 at 8:09 am

   It's a punching-dagger. Instead of holding it like a conventional knife, you hold it more like brass knuckles. Nasty stabby thing...

   --TwoDragons

3. tomassino
   January 15th, 2009 at 8:16 am

   its very easy, a katar knife
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katar

4. hachimitsu
   January 15th, 2009 at 8:17 am

   it is a katar or known as Bundi dagger, its a short punching sword use for close range combat for armour piercing.

5. Jared
   January 15th, 2009 at 8:18 am

   It's for opening oysters, the cool way.

6. ted
   January 15th, 2009 at 8:18 am

   Stabbing kittens?

7. KenCW
   January 15th, 2009 at 8:22 am

   Katar, yup, the only way i recognize it is because of Diablo 2.

8. SenorMysterioso
   January 15th, 2009 at 8:22 am

   I finally knew one and it was already posted on the first response

9. xayzer
   January 15th, 2009 at 8:38 am

   Pfff... it's not a Qatar (or whatever), it's a Ritualistic Klingon Blade. It's used to neuter pet Targs and it's called a Hack'Ball.

10. JL Picard
    January 15th, 2009 at 8:41 am

    I thought the Starship Enterprise was getting a steampunk makeover.

11. smee
    January 15th, 2009 at 9:03 am

    in fact its a katar of slaying, which has 300% enhanced damage and adds +10 max damage... pretty cool!

12. Miss Frenchy
    January 15th, 2009 at 9:09 am

    Ow. That's all. Just, ow.

13. sirwebster
    January 15th, 2009 at 9:22 am

    specifically? i'd have to say it was for stabbing

14. Shen
    January 15th, 2009 at 9:25 am

    its Voldo's dancing accesory!

15. chudez
    January 15th, 2009 at 9:29 am

    +1 on the klingon blade entry

16. Gauldar
    January 15th, 2009 at 9:44 am

    KIT CLOUD got it right off the bat. I'll also add that the Katar can used as a parrying weapon in your off-hand for defensive purposes to supplement the sword in your main hand.

17. Nymori
    January 15th, 2009 at 9:44 am

    Honestly? When I first saw the picture and didn't read the caption, I thought it was a pair of scissors

18. Rocky Rook
    January 15th, 2009 at 9:54 am

    Wool shearers.

19. Padraig
    January 15th, 2009 at 10:07 am

    Voldo's first weapons set.

20. gringo
    January 15th, 2009 at 10:27 am

    It's the same device that my great grandmother used to use to clean prehistoric chickens.

21. hithere
    January 15th, 2009 at 10:46 am

    Its a device used to open a capri sun pouch.

22. JKirchartz
    January 15th, 2009 at 10:47 am

    This is a kut'luch Originating from the M-Class planet Qo'noS, usually stored with the bat'leth and mek'leth

23. xzero
    January 15th, 2009 at 10:52 am

    thats the assasins blade in diablo 2

24. Richard
    January 15th, 2009 at 10:55 am

    @ hithere - that's scarily plausible... a bigger version would give you a fighting chance against almost any Tetrapack.

    R

25. LisaL
    January 15th, 2009 at 10:58 am

    Wow, you guys are good! lol... I would've guessed a broken off dial from a large clock lol.

26. Loriega
    January 15th, 2009 at 11:15 am

    The weapon is an East Indian Katar, sometimes known as a Mahratta dagger. The katar is of Rajput origin but its use was widespread. Rajput and Mughal miniature paintings of the period bear testimony to this fact.

    Since the katar is gripped by the crossbars, the blow is delivered as a punch, leading to the name ‘punch-dagger.

27. Johnny
    January 15th, 2009 at 11:17 am

    A katar. Middle Eastern / Indian "punching dagger". This looks like a fixed blade rather than a scissors blade (with scissors blades, you can squeeze the handles together and two hidden blades would open giving a forked, three pronged weapon shape). Scissors katars are effective for catching / parrying a foe's blade, and for doing maximum damage upon landing a successful hit (open the katar when it's inside your opponent).

    Personally, I think a gun would be a wiser choice.

28. Chandrielle
    January 15th, 2009 at 11:57 am

    I don't know, but if it comes with an agility bonus I want one for my rogue.

29. XuYu
    January 15th, 2009 at 11:58 am

    Initial design for one of them newfangled plastic package openers.

30. Miss Cellania
    January 15th, 2009 at 11:59 am

    This is an instrument of torture if I've ever seen one!

    Actually, I've never seen one....

31. Corinne
    January 15th, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    Yeah. Others already guessed it. It's a punch dagger/push dagger, whichever name you prefer. Like brass knuckles on with a dagger. Causes a bit more damage but is harder to conceal.

32. Roland Higginbotham
    January 15th, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    Well yes this is a Dagger , But ? I see something like this on the TV , and one could squeeze the Handle
    and it open the Dagger Blade and there was and other Dagger under the outer blade , so you had 3 Dagger Blades

    can this be that type as well ?

    Roland

33. Alex
    January 15th, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    That easy, huh? You guys scare me sometimes ...

34. Gauldar
    January 15th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    I like it when the red water runs...

35. Dim67
    January 15th, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    "hithere
    January 15th, 2009 at 10:46 am

    Its a device used to open a capri sun pouch."

    Hahaha that one had me laughing to tears

36. heather
    January 15th, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    Finally I knew one! It's a katar or punching dagger. It's good for close-range combat.

37. Dan Smith
    January 15th, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    KATAR

    come on neatorama, i've never known a what is it before

    i wonder how many ppl who visit this site have played diablo 2

    (specifically the expansion pack)

    diablo and mtg account for half of my vocabulary

38. just a guy
    January 15th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    lol, same here. everyone got it first.

39. Randall
    January 15th, 2009 at 4:06 pm

    This is a Jersey Kaufmann splitter. In the late 30's the Banana split became all the rage and the speed and dexterity of the soda jerk who built the split made the soda fountain's fame. Wendel Kaufmann of Kaufmann drugs, nephew of the owner, invented this specialized knife for splitting bananas in record time. Wendel could make a split in 22 seconds! Soon every soda fountain in the US eastern seaboard had to have a splitter, and Wendel grew prosperous, but lost it all in foreign investments because of WW2. Wendel died penniless and alone in 1962.

40. wok
    January 15th, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    Oh c'mon, how is this even hard? So clearly a katar, commonly used in 18th century Persia, re-appropriated in the late 20th and 21st century in popular culture use for Assassins and Ninjas.

    GIVE US A REAL ONE NEXT TIME.

41. behemoth
    January 15th, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    it's a dummy (or pacifier in the US).

    Yes it is.

    Really.

42. Neron
    January 15th, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    Pair of siccors

43. Makka
    January 15th, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    It's an old tool to shear sheeps. ciao, siete fantastici!

44. DOJ
    January 15th, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    Countless hours lost to Diablo 2 and Soulcalibur(Voldo is my main) = Fun
    Being the last person to check Neatorama that day = Infuriating

45. Guest
    January 15th, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    "Katar, yup, the only way i recognize it is because of Diablo 2."

    I was thinking the exact same thing.

46. Gonzo451
    January 15th, 2009 at 8:26 pm

    Object is a War Horse bridle turning the equines massive thrashing head into a deadly weapon.

47. tomassino
    January 15th, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    OMG, scisors... KATAT, IS A KATAR, read wikipedia, coño

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katar

48. r
    January 15th, 2009 at 9:06 pm

    i saw it on ripley's believe it or not once, it's a katar. they were used by bandits or whatever to stab into their victim. then they'd open it like scissors, while still inside the body. then they'd twist the blade. just thinking about it scares the crap out of me.

49. Christophe
    January 15th, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    no, it'a mail opener

50. Brammi
    January 15th, 2009 at 11:04 pm

    NEW RULE FOR 'WHAT IS IT' GAME:

    The answer should NOT be in the Dungeons and Dragons Player's Handbook sitting within arm's reach of 89% of your readers.

51. Jbot
    January 15th, 2009 at 11:13 pm

    A katar.

52. d. patrick
    January 15th, 2009 at 11:50 pm

    It's a Klingon letter opener. Also known as a yuk-tukggargg.

53. Dmy
    January 16th, 2009 at 12:03 am

    I don't know what the name is. It's in the Jungle Book movies from the 90's though. You stab it into a persons abdomen and then it opens releasing two outer blades to eviscerate the insides.

54. Dmy
    January 16th, 2009 at 12:03 am

    *movie not movies

55. Daniel C.
    January 16th, 2009 at 4:38 am

    This is a jamadhar used in 14-19 century in India. It is often mistaken to be a Katar. According to a book i have a Katar is actually a dagger that is very common in India and what happened was when Akbar the Great(1542-1605) completed the Ain-e-Akbari(a encyclopedia of some sort) the picture was draw incorrectly, which lead to the invention of the Jamadhar! The Jamadhar also lead to the invention of the patta, which is similar to the jamadhar but longer and more sword-like such as a gautlet added to it.

56. Justin
    January 16th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    NOOOOOO! Finally one I knew and I came too late! When I first saw this I thought, "YES years of playing Diablo 2 have finally payed off!"

57. silverbullitt
    January 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    its a blade used to skin anyone who agrees with PETA's attempt to rename fish as "sea kittens" ..

58. Pitch Klein
    January 18th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    Nah, no Katar at all. I say it's a tool for tree climbing! ;D

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