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|  21st February 2005, 04:48 PM | #5 | |
| Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Big old machine shop/foundry/warehouse in Atlanta GA USA 
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 Have heard it called a korambi or lawi ayam. Yeah, it's a fighting knife, usually used by the lower classes like our view of a switchblade. One swift unexpected motion and the guy's guts are on the floor! It's an ambush type of attack, not a defensive weapon. Similar to a jambiya in the use of the curved blade, the complaint with straight knives is that it is difficult to get around the protective ribs to deliver a really massive fatal blow, this design solves that problem- the first guthook design! I've heard there is a small one that Malay and Sumatra women keep in their hair bun (konde). Never seen one of these, sure would buy it if I do! | |
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