new keris owner

dave78 · 8th January 2011, 09:13 PM

Thank you all very much. This has been a most interesting research project.

One more question regarding one of the purposes of the keris knife. When I was very young I can remember my grandfather telling me that this was a stabbing knife (which I believe is true), and the reason for the very skinny part of the blade which fit into the hilt was so the hilt could be easily snapped off after stabbing, preventing the removal of the blade (which I'm not so sure of).

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8th January 2011, 09:13 PM	#8
dave78 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 6	Thank you all very much. This has been a most interesting research project. One more question regarding one of the purposes of the keris knife. When I was very young I can remember my grandfather telling me that this was a stabbing knife (which I believe is true), and the reason for the very skinny part of the blade which fit into the hilt was so the hilt could be easily snapped off after stabbing, preventing the removal of the blade (which I'm not so sure of).