Long
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From the V8 Rulebook

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.
A melee weapon that:
- May stab and slash.
- Over 36” up to a maximum of 48”.
- At least 2/3rds of its length must be padded.
- If used to slash at least 2/3rds of its length must be Strike-Legal.
- Allows for 1/3rd of its length to be substituted for Heavy Padding.
- May be Double-Ended.
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