Just a community for everyone to share artifacts, reconstructions, or replicas for the historically-inclined to admire!
Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.
Generally speaking, ruins should go to !historyruins@lemmy.world
Illustrations of the past should go to !historyillustrations@lemmy.world
Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world
https://www.runjeetsingh.com/inventory/209/scissor_katar
Katars are already interesting weapons but some, like this scissor (or kenchi) katar, hold a surprise: squeezing the bars that form the grip causes the single blade to instantly split into two and reveal a centrally placed third. Such a mechanism suggests that this katar was an expensive and high status product, not just for the owner but also for the weaponsmith that made it.
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