weaponrys uses.......

[David]

Originally Posted by ausjulius

yeah the moro kris is rather solid.. i dont see any failings with this,

but all the indonesian kris knives ive seen ,, one could snap the blade form the handle without a problem,, they are not stronger than a butter knife .. or one of those small german nicker knives form barvaria...... the very thin stick tang glued into a off set handle with a wavy blade , it all makes alot of stress on that little tang, aspecialy the un supported join od the tang ot the blade where the little furrel is, i wouldnt trus it for stabbing to save my life....

id sepculate they were purely for costume?? as in reality a big peice of wood or a stick would make a better weapon :P
now , that said , they shure look great.......


..as a side note about the kris knives,,,,, how old are they???imguessing they appeared in the last 200-300 years , as we know them today?? and spread into indonesia from the moros??
as i see the percursor of the indonesian kris seems to have been stright bladed and more as a long slightly leaf shaped blade???
dont realy no a massive amount about this topic.. so im only guessing

Well, you obviously haven't seen all that many keris blades.
I don't want to get too far into the conversation here because i would love to lure you over to the keris forum for further discussion, but keris were made for many diferent purposes. Some were indeed never meant to be put to physical use, but i also have quite a few that i could easily punch a hole in a car hood with. When used properly it can be a very effective and deadly weapon.
The keris as it appears today first appeared in Jawa in the 14th century by conservative estimates. That would make the form at least 700 years old.
BTW, only about a third of all keris blades are the wavy type. Straight ones have always been much more common.