FREE: GIN: 12,000: Fantasy Karambit Knife with Skull Design and Flame Sheath

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Directions here on how to put finger in finger ring and how to hold the knife.

Technique
First Step to holding a kerambit with knife inhand and index finger thru knife hole
The weapon is held by inserting the first finger into the hole at the top of the handle so that its blade curves forward from the bottom of the fist.
Second step to holding a kerambit with fingers tips closed tightly behind handle of knife. Next the user closes their fingers tight around the handle locking the handle into the hand. Last step to holding kerambit with index finger tightened around finger hole. The user then closes the index finger around the finger ring.
And finally, the thumb is closed tightly against the fingers in a typical fist fashion.

While it is primarily used in a slashing or hooking motion, kerambits with a finger ring are also used in a punching motion hitting the opponent with the finger ring, as well as some kerambits are designed to be used in a hammering motion. This flexibility of striking methods is what makes it so useful in self-defense situations. The finger guard makes it difficult to disarm and allows the knife to be maneuvered in the fingers without losing one's grip.

Generally, the short Filipino karambit has found favor in the West with some martial artists because such proponents allege the biomechanics of the weapon allow for more powerful cutting strokes and painful "ripping" wounds, and because its usability is hypothesized as more intuitive, though there continues to be debate about this matter.

Variations

There are many regional variants of kerambit. The length of the blade, for example, could vary from one village or blacksmith to another. Some have no finger guard and some feature two blades, one on each side of the handle.

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