Is this a siraui?

nechesh · 19th February 2006, 05:24 PM

Welcome Jay Jay. I think that the blade Lew shows in the thread link is not a korambit since it seems that it is sharpened on the convex edge. Yours is most definitely what is commonly referred to as siraui and Lew's might be as well, though it certainly has stylistic differences. Names are often relative to specific areas and may change as they turn up in different parts of Indonesia (even differing from place to place on the same island). I wouldn't necessarily consider the info in Van Zonneveld written in stone either. He, like most of us humans, has been known to be wrong in his classifications.

Jay Jay · 19th February 2006, 05:36 PM

Thanks for the welcome, nechesh.
It's true that anyone can be wrong, so I usually try to collect information from several sources. I don't have many books on the subject(yet

), so I turned to the fellow enthusiasts on this forum. And it worked! Yay!

Spunjer · 20th February 2006, 11:49 AM

welcome jay jay! one more vote for siraui here... i believe that's similar to the picture added.

20th February 2006, 11:49 AM	#3
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19th February 2006, 05:24 PM	#1
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	Welcome Jay Jay. I think that the blade Lew shows in the thread link is not a korambit since it seems that it is sharpened on the convex edge. Yours is most definitely what is commonly referred to as siraui and Lew's might be as well, though it certainly has stylistic differences. Names are often relative to specific areas and may change as they turn up in different parts of Indonesia (even differing from place to place on the same island). I wouldn't necessarily consider the info in Van Zonneveld written in stone either. He, like most of us humans, has been known to be wrong in his classifications.

19th February 2006, 05:36 PM	#2
Jay Jay Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 7	Thanks for the welcome, nechesh. It's true that anyone can be wrong, so I usually try to collect information from several sources. I don't have many books on the subject(yet ), so I turned to the fellow enthusiasts on this forum. And it worked! Yay!