About the Karambit...

Runs With Scissors

Runs With Scissors

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I was wondering how y'all like the HI Karambits so far, had a few specific questions on 'em...

1. how does the handle fit you folks with the larger forepaws?
2. how does it feel in a forward grip?
3. why does the sheath always appear backards in the pics I see? well....backards as in it's positioned for a forward grip...
4. any of y'all carry yours often? how does it do in the realm of practicality?

I'm thinkin' about gettin' one (or trying to) for PDFC (that's Pretty Darn Frequently Carried)

Thanks much!
 
Hong Kong. Bar at bad end of town. Alley. 3 AM. You don't know how you got there exactly, but someone was saying, "Bruce Lee was a fag." And they think it was you.




munk
 
Half Moon seen over the tin rooftops. A couple alley cats run for cover as you kick over a trash can. You reach for the Kerambit. You may not make it, but at least one of these suckers is going to be pooping into a bag the rest of his life.



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ps I didn't mention Kerambit as the perfect back-alley-Hongkong-disembowler because I've said it so many times I thought you might remember!

munk
 
munk said:
Half Moon seen over the tin rooftops. A couple alley cats run for cover as you kick over a trash can. You reach for the Kerambit. You may not make it, but at least one of these suckers is going to be pooping into a bag the rest of his life.



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ps I didn't mention Kerambit as the perfect back-alley-Hongkong-disembowler because I've said it so many times I thought you might remember!

munk
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You tell 'em buddy, You tell 'em!!!!! :cool: :D :cool: :D ;)
 
There are three of them. You tell them it wasn't you. They keep coming. At least there aren't any fancy sticks or swords, none of that martial arts crap, you think as you swing wide. They thought you were just another drunk American. Out from under your coat backhand and one catches it. It's wet everywhere, wet. By God Life's Cheap Out Here On the Hong Kong Docks.






munk
 
I had an experience like that once. Only the docks were in Portsmouth, England, not Hong Kong. And there were five of them, not three. And the American sailor WAS drunk. Very drunk. And the kerambit pulled out from under the coat was actually a radio antenna hastily pulled off of a conveniently situated Citroen DCV.

That's what we used to refer to as an "honest-to-God, No Sh|tter."
 
What happened? The guy lived to become a civil servant somewhere, right?




hee hee

munk
 
They swarm at you from the New Orleans mists. Their pirate battlecries pierce the air. You can hear their double edged cutlasses and shiva ki bowies hiss through the air. They thought you were just another Special Forces Operator dropped off by the time machine, but they were wrong by god, dead wrong. You pull the antler kerambit from your belt and prepare to make your stand. Their "yo ho ho's" turn to "Yo, oh no's!" as you rend their flesh like ground beef.
 
The drunken sailor parted the crowd with the slashing antenna and ran like hell, legs pounding like pistons until the curses, taunts and hysterical laughter of his would-be assailants could no longer reach his ringing ears.
 
Good Mike.

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Let's see, Jebadiah was trying to answer Runs With Scizzor's question:
"How does it do in the realm of practicality?"



munk
 
Let's see, Jebadiah was trying to answer Runs With Scizzor's question:
"How does it do in the realm of practicality?"


I'll tell you how:

You can slip it into your pocket, belt, boot, purse, whatever, and carry it everywhere.

You cant be disarmed of it, so this keeps it from being used against you.

Disembowling people= good fun, right?

You can cut rice stalks with it.

Its very purdy.

Its a great design, based on nature.

Im sure Munk can take it from here.
 
Munk, when were you in HK? I lived there just about my whole life :D
Not too sure if Karambits are legal though... had to hide my knives whenever i was hiking...

Is it possible to disarm a Karambit wielding person? Is it very resistant to weapon disarmy techniques because of the blade shape or because the handle provides such a good grip?
Thanks!
 
Daga said:
Is it possible to disarm a Karambit wielding person? Is it very resistant to weapon disarmy techniques because of the blade shape or because the handle provides such a good grip?
Thanks!
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I dont have one, thats why I'm passing the salesman's work onto Munk :D .
 
A Kerambit thread hi-jacked? Surely you jest! *l*

I got a few answers from that one. Enough to make me comfortable giving one a shot anyways.

Thanks!
 
1. how does the handle fit you folks with the larger forepaws?

fantastic! I love it! Its awesome.

2. how does it feel in a forward grip?

see above.

3. why does the sheath always appear backards in the pics I see?

I dunno.


4. any of y'all carry yours often? how does it do in the realm of practicality?

i carry mine in a briefcase or behind my right hip, but the sheath is not so hot, so its usually in the briefcase. (Until I make a new sheath)
 
Hello Daga, I don't recall seeing you before- welcome to the HI land.

The only parts of Hong Kong I've ever seen are in the background of martial arts movies.

Guys, I've always thought the kerambit a good carry knife- the shape and rig should be concealable, if not in that sheath then another. It wants to be pulled out fast, doesn't it? The Kerambit wants to move.

Short of a bad scene in an alley, cutting whale blubber would suit the Kerambit. It may be fairly good at skinning Elk or other large animals, too.

It's funny how many of us wanted the Kerambit. (no- I don't have one!)

You know, for the size and weight of such an animal, the HI Kerambit has to be one of the strongest, toughest knives around.


munk
 
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