Antique Kartika Dorje WandHandmade in NepalMaterial: Iron, CopperVintage from before 2000 Length: Approx. 10 inches Weight: Approx. 2 lb Curved Knife, or Hooked Knife (Sanskrit: kartari. Tibetan: Tri Gug): a knife with a curved blade commonly depicted in the hands of wrathful and semi wrathful deities of Tantric Indian religious traditions. In Tantric Buddhism the knife is immediately recognizable because it has a half vajra handle (as opposed to the entire vajra). The vajra