A little Malay straight keris in modern materials-one of the new designs I'll have at BLADE. I've been putting this project off for about five years now because the forging is a PITA.
Whole thing is hollowground. Gives a nice strong spine and very thin edges...it's not like a dagger's gonna chop anything off but it'll bite deep and still be rigid-and light for size. Daggers and straight razors are about all I hollowgrind
So a cutter and thruster, but not a chopper. That makes sense. The whole thing is beautiful. You've had your thumb on those ground in recesses on the slabs in some of the pictures you've posted. Is the knife intended for use in a T-grip, or are you holding it that way for the pictures?
Keris/Kris is never a chopper, unless you are talking about Kalis, the huge ones from the Moros. It's feared locally and guarded like a heirloom.
Thanks. They tend to hold them this way-onthe originals (where the handle is slipped onto a round tang) the old timers sometimes even twist the grip to the angle they like. IMO this one will cut waaaaay better than an original-most of the silat keris cuts are pulling drawcuts off a missed or deflected thrust, or tip cuts(at least how I learned)
How did I miss this? Is it sacrilege if I say this looks more useful and robust than the originals I've seen and that the form in it's functionality looks also more beautiful? Well, now it's too late. I said it.
To an engineer I guess function = beauty. Maybe it's just me but your blade reminds me of another masterpiece. http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Like-Mechanical-Power/1017342
