Slashing, piercing, or bludgeoning weapons more than 36 inches up to 48 inches in total length. The pommel and handles of the weapon can be no longer than 1/3 of the weapon's total length. If used to slash or bludgeon, at least 2/3rds of its length must be strike legal.
The pata is a double-edged tapering long-sword with a katar-like punch grip inside an integral steel hand-guard and vambrace (arm guard). Said to be the most effective and hardest to master of all Indian swords, the pata was essentially a cavalry weapon used variously from the 16th to the 19th centuries by Moghuls in northern India, Hindu Mahrathas and Sikhs in the Punjab.