[lovegbt]

The whole handicraftses clip steel Duan to beat and all grow the 20 CM knife blade breadth 2 CMs thick 3.The 5 MMs points bore diameter 2.2 CM degree of hardness 58-60.
walnut wood handle.



http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=76247&d=1207935474

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=76248&d=1207935491

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=76249&d=1207935677

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=76250&d=1207935697

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=76251&d=1207935760

[MASTEROFMALICE]

Not to mention the twenty years birch with the 5 MP doubling the 43 TR in the nth degree.

[lovegbt]

ok
Liked now?

[MASTEROFMALICE]

All I've been able to decipher so far (and it's not because I'm stupid) is that it has a rockwell hardness between 58-60 and a walnut handle. The last time I saw a blade 2 centimeters thick I called it an axe. And something on the knife (assuming you're referring to a knife) may have a diameter of 2.2 centimeters which is about an inch and, for the life of me, I can't figure out what you're referring to.

I'm not trying to knock you or anything, but if you're trying to sell something to people who speak English, you'd most likely have better luck getting someone on your side who speaks English so it can be posted in English. What you've posted here is nothing short of confusing. It's so confusing, in fact, that, like Alexander the Great, I feel the need to cut the whole post in half.

[hso]

lovegbt,

Did you personally make this kerambit or is it a part of your collection of knives?

Regardless, it is a very nice knife that reminds me of traditional kerambits.

[MASTEROFMALICE]

claw=karambit

Good call. I missed that one.

[hso]

I missed that one.

Odd, the design of the blade is a classic kerambit. Much closer to traditional kerambits than the things we see made in the US.

[MASTEROFMALICE]

What blade design? I don't see a link or picture.

[TimboKhan]

Really? Thats weird, because he has five fairly large pictures of the knife on his post. Odd that your unable to see them... It's possible that your just not giving them enough time to load, maybe...

[JShirley]

hso, I think it's probably from this company: http://sanlida.en.alibaba.com/
I am, however, unable to find the knife on the site.

John

[MASTEROFMALICE]

Nothing. I see the random gibberish text and nothing else. I'm running cable so speed shouldn't be an issue, must be something else.

[hso]

John,

I don't see it on that external site either.

I also don't see the OP images any more.

[JShirley]

I still see the (THR attached) pictures.

[sixgunner455]

I've got the images, and I'm behind quite the firewall. He's not hosting at one of the common sites.

[Dismantler]

I am not a big fan of kerambits. They are fashioned by Asian people to replicate a tiger's claw.

Now...what does a tiger want to do with his calws? While he does use them to take good, juicy swipes at an adversary, he also uses them to secure a hold on something that he intends to eat. My house cats, if I do not keep their claws trimmed, get stuck in furniture, or even on my jeans. I do not want a knife that gets stuck on clothing...or in an adversary. I want a cutting knife that slides across and a point for straight-in penetration.

It seems to me that with a kerambit you would almost need to take a "raking" slash, and it would tear rather than slice or cut. If a tiger gets a claw stuck in you, he will bite you and use his other three paws to tear you to pieces. If you have your little finger in that ring, and you get caught up in a leather jacket, you may just get a broken finger and a ride down the sidewalk from an adversary that is trying to dislodge you. Not my choice of a fighting knife. And those two little prongs...what are they about?

[feedthehogs]

The stamp in the blade and sheath look like Seki/Japan. Yes?

[Mandirigma]

FTH, sorta, but it doesn't look like the more common japanese kanji (which is more angular and less curved, I'm no expert but my parents were stationed there when I was younger). Especially in the upper left corner of the characters in the second pic on sheath.

I carry a karambit edc, I primarily use it as a slasher. But I have no doubts as to use it to stab.

As I was taught kerambits did "more" damage coming out then going in, k-bits were used the go under certain areas and rip or sever them upon yanking the knife out, pikal-ish style. The more traditional ones are angled in a way to take advantage of this.

One of the reasons the prongs are there are to catch on skin and help open up the wound. Blade to slice, prongs to rip.

edit: also, I know you can't dictate whats going to happen in a fight, but we trained to find the kinks as it were if we went up against, leather, denim, or other thick protective garments. But like everything else if you can't go around, over or under something, you can always go through.

[hso]

They are fashioned by Asian people to replicate a tiger's claw.

No, that's incorrect.

Like most bladed weapons, they started out as farming/gathering tools. In this case to cut vegetation. The hooked blade exists all over the world for this application. The inward facing edge for the same reason. The fighting style grew out of the available tool. Others believe that the shape came from the jambiya Arab traders coming to SE Asia carried. Considering that tigers didn't exist in the Philippines and that Arab traders didn't spend much, if any, time there, yet the kerambit exists in both it's farming and weapon versions, the simpler explanation, agricultural tool refined into weapon, makes a lot more sense than the romantic stories.

[lovegbt]

Translate software
Don't understand everyone's meaning

[JShirley]

<They are discussing origins of kerambit and its use as fighting tool. They also ask if the "ghost claw" is made in Japan?>

John

[lovegbt]

made in china

[hso]

Who made the claw knife? By hand or factory?

[lovegbt]

BY HAND
On China over cctv
The price is also expensive

[JShirley]

You have posted some very interesting designs recently, love.

Where could these be purchased? Do you know how much the claw will be in U.S. $?

Thanks,

John

[lovegbt]

blacksmithing
ausforging

Have two types
A public security folds flower knife

edgily edginess

Isn't my goods
I am a fancier
The product of China is cheap

[hso]

I understand your last post to mean that you are a fan of knives (like us) and that you are not the maker of these (also, like most of us) knives.

Also, in China they are cheap, but you do not know where we could purchase them in the U.S.

Is the smith a friend of your's or just a maker you were lucky enough to visit and photograph?