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Rick · 19th May 2009, 02:21 PM

I would doubt that any regular army issued the keris in S.E.Asia during WWII .
A keris would not make much of a utility knife and multiple uses would have been important . <opinion>

However, their Malay cousins in the Philippines plied their kris sundang in guerilla action I'm sure .

19th May 2009, 02:21 PM	#5
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,262	I would doubt that any regular army issued the keris in S.E.Asia during WWII . A keris would not make much of a utility knife and multiple uses would have been important . <opinion> However, their Malay cousins in the Philippines plied their kris sundang in guerilla action I'm sure .