Karambit - a knife in the image and likeness of a tiger's fang

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History humanity is closely connected with history weapons. Separately, in this story, one can single out the direction associated with the emergence and development of edged weapons. The mastery of metalworking skills allowed a person to create new versions of weapons that could be used not only for hunting, but for military operations. Knives, swords, daggers with countless derivatives.

One of the variants of edged weapons, which in this case is considered to be the birthplace of Southeast Asia, is karambit. It is customary to call a karambit a fairly short knife, characterized by curvature. It is believed that the progenitor of karambit was the fang of a predatory animal - for example, a tiger, which (fang) in ancient times could be used by a person as a cutting tool with special sharpening. After mastering metalworking, the inhabitants of some regions of Southeast Asia embodied the tiger's fang already in metal - as they say, in the image and likeness.



A classic karambit is a knife with a sickle-shaped blade no more than 8-10 cm long and its internal sharpening. Usually, together with the handle, it forms a semi-oval, a crescent. It is the shape of the crescent, according to historians, that caused the variations of kerambit to become very popular in the countries of the Islamic world - primarily in the Arabian Peninsula, as well as in the territories of modern Iran, Iraq and Turkey.

The classic karambit has a special handle. It is made of high density wood, and this handle must have a hole. First of all, the ring was created under the finger, and also so that a rope could be passed through it. As a typical karambit grip, a variant with a thumb threaded into the handle ring is used.

Today, knives from the karambit series often serve as accessories for noble people in North Africa and the Middle East.

The video shows the manufacture of one of the variants of karambit from a rusty bearing.


"Military Review" recalls that the unauthorized manufacture of edged weapons is punishable by law.
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    1. +6
      8 February 2022 17: 35
      It is necessary for ours, in the machining shop, to show. And then they can’t achieve the desired hardness of the metal in any way laughing laughing
      1. +4
        8 February 2022 17: 49
        Author, you at least bother to get acquainted with the history and purpose of this knife. Karambit is not a fang, but a claw of a tiger. In general, the article does not really contain anything.
        1. +5
          8 February 2022 18: 00
          Quote: Anarchist
          Author, you at least bother to get acquainted with the history and purpose of this knife. Karambit is not a fang, but a claw of a tiger. In general, the article does not really contain anything.

          Yes, there is no author there either, rinses from YouTube.
          1. +2
            8 February 2022 21: 32
            Normally, the management does this: they simply deleted my comment, they didn’t even bother to make corrections in the article. They still have karambit as a kind of tiger fang, not a claw. Where did the author of the text see the curved fangs of a tiger?! Well, if you're reluctant to mess around with sources, you can at least look at Wikipedia.
            I didn't break any rules and the comment got deleted.
            Can't stand criticism...
            1. +1
              9 February 2022 14: 10
              Returned the comment. Now mine looks ugly feel
    2. +3
      8 February 2022 17: 39
      Today, knives from the karambit series often serve as accessories for noble people in North Africa and the Middle East.

      Also a subculture. Counter-Strike and its servants.
    3. +2
      8 February 2022 17: 41
      These are all show-offs, knives from bearings ......
    4. +3
      8 February 2022 17: 47
      "Military Review" recalls that the unauthorized manufacture of edged weapons is punishable by law.

      Responsibility comes only if, as a result, the resulting product is recognized as a cold weapon (from a legal point of view). And from the point of view of Russian GOSTs, karambit, in principle, cannot be a melee weapon.
    5. +3
      8 February 2022 18: 08
      Where does this safety violator get sheet brass 5 mm?
      1. +2
        8 February 2022 20: 33
        Where does this safety violator get sheet brass 5 mm?

        For money you can find a lot of things;)
      2. +1
        9 February 2022 16: 14
        Quote: Azis
        Where does this safety violator get sheet brass 5 mm?

        I beat the rods. And if thin and small, then he took 50 rubles of the 90s.
        1. 0
          9 February 2022 21: 16
          You can always find thin and small (saw off, beat off, tear off). But such a sheet, if you take it, is only on a small scale. Try to find: either rolled - a solid sheet of 2x3 m, or cut a part to order in another region with all the accompanying ones. Or expropriate in some production, of which there are so few left that the materials are watched very tightly. Type plate when laying the vessel.
          1. 0
            9 February 2022 21: 39
            Quote: Azis
            Type plate when laying the vessel.

            You can still find it in some cabinets. For example, Prime Minister Nemtsov, when he left the post of prime minister, unscrewed the sign with his name and took it with him.
    6. +4
      8 February 2022 23: 16
      in its appearance and size, it was impossible to come up with a more useless knife in battle.
    7. +3
      9 February 2022 12: 53
      Well, firstly, kerambit is a tool for gutting small fish, which is why it has such a specific shape. The fisherman puts the ring on his little finger and quickly... In terms of combat use, it can really only be used as a tiger fang. Where does this lead?
      Well, in general, the tiger beats his future dinner with his paw, knocking the spirit out of him, and then clings to his mouth, carving with fangs and pulling out a piece of meat. So the only way to inflict damage with a karambit is to take it beyond the projection of the enemy’s body, for example, over the shoulder, and then jerk it back. The wounds are horrendous, but whatever it is ... in general, the style is hefty costly. even a stone from the road is easier and more efficient to use than this "weapon".
      It is better to continue to gut the fish with karambit.
    8. +1
      9 February 2022 15: 33
      Skill, craftsmanship and patience in metalworking makes me delight.
      Eyes are not afraid and hands do.
      good
      1. +1
        9 February 2022 15: 41
        Quote: yuriy55
        Skill, craftsmanship and patience in metalworking makes me delight.
        Eyes are not afraid and hands do.
        good

        I didn’t understand ... What is this for, in general?
        1. 0
          9 February 2022 15: 42
          Quote: Mordvin 3
          I didn’t understand ... What is this for, in general?

          This is the process shown in the video... Yes
          1. +1
            9 February 2022 15: 45
            Quote: yuriy55
            This is the process shown in the video...

            So he's doing it all wrong.
            1. 0
              9 February 2022 17: 16
              So he's doing it all wrong.


              Everyone can offend an artist.

              And there really is no trial blow of a knife on a metal corner.
              1. +1
                9 February 2022 17: 19
                Quote: Simple
                Everyone can offend an artist.

                That's right, he's an artist. I've been making knives for thirty years, so I don't know much.
                1. 0
                  9 February 2022 17: 21
                  Good luck in craft.
                  1. +1
                    9 February 2022 17: 27
                    Quote: Simple
                    Good luck in craft.

                    Thank you. I don't sell. Yes, a hobby. But I make useful products, not like this clown. I have such a childhood in the ass has long been weathered.
                2. -1
                  10 February 2022 06: 52
                  Quote: Mordvin 3
                  That's right, he's an artist.

                  And an abstractionist. The level of technical equipment of production goes off scale. I saw the handicraft production of knives in Gardez. Compared to this "workshop" - Silicon Valley. And then it seemed handicraft "on the knee."
    9. 0
      10 February 2022 11: 32
      The level of technical equipment of production rolls over.
      Well, kukris in Nepal are made on even dumber devices. But if you pick up the kukri of a good master, then this is a work of knife art. Therefore, equipment is not a measure of skill. Moreover, if a person does something for the soul, and not for sale, then there may not be enough money to spend money on expensive machines. And TV in the video, yes, is not particularly revered ...

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