karambit
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The karambit or kerambit (as used in Indonesian), kurambik or karambiak (both from the Minangkabau language) is a small curved knife resembling a claw.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Karambit
- Weapon.image
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Mes met krom lemmet - Lawi ayam TM-A-3808.png
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- A traditional Minangkabau style karambit, Lawi Ayam, pre-1887.
- Weapon.origin
- Indonesia (West Sumatra)
- Weapon.type
- Concealed blade
- Weapon.is_bladed
- Yes
- Weapon.blade_type
- Single, double or triple edged, crescent curve
- Weapon.hilt_type
- Water buffalo horn, wooden, ivory
- Weapon.sheath_type
- Water buffalo horn, wooden
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Technique
- As a tool
- As a weapon
- In martial arts
- Variations
- Modern forms
- See also
- References
- External links
The karambit or kerambit (as used in Indonesian), kurambik or karambiak (both from the Minangkabau language) is a small curved knife resembling a claw.
==Origin== thumb|left|upright|King Adityawarman statue holding a karambit, he was a king of [[Pagaruyung Kingdom or Malayapura, a state in West Sumatra (1347–1375).]]
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “karambit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.