This striking and unusual Karambit is a huge piece of edged art. With a 9 inch long

blade, and a full length of over 14 inches. The knife is double edged, double

hollow ground. Of special importance is the concave hollow ground edge,

something that is very rare in the knife world, both contemporary and in the past,

because of the great difficulty in execution. The top straight edge has three inches

of my Vampire rip teeth serrations, and the choils are deeply defined. The entire

blade is file worked, the tang is fully tapered for balance, and the knife tang has a

rear finger ring, polished inside and out, with a persuader talon at the butt.

Damascus blade patterns within are intricate and detailed. Fixed and folding

knives with curved blades used for close quarter combat. Karambits have evolved

into one of the ultimate self-defense weapons. KnifeCenter carries these combat

knives in neck knife, shoulder carry, and belt carry varieties.

The karambit is held with the blade pointing downward from the bottom of the

fist, usually curving forwards however occasionally backwards. While it is

primarily used in a slashing or hooking motion, karambit with a finger ring are also

used in a punching motion hitting the opponent with the finger ring. Some

kerambit are designed to be used in a hammering motion. This flexibility of

striking methods is what makes it so useful in self-defense situations. The finger

guard makes it difficult to disarm and allows the knife to be maneuvered in the

fingers without losing one's grip.

The short Filipino karambit has found some favor in the West because such

proponents allege the biomechanics of the weapon allow for more powerful

cutting strokes and painful "ripping" wounds, and because its usability is

hypothesized as more intuitive, though there continues to be debate about this

matter.

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