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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4572138, member: 2844&quot;]Yes, it is a kerambit, missing its sheath. The sheath would have been wood or horn.</p><p>There are different ways of spelling it, kerambit is the Minangkabau way, from Sumatra.</p><p>It is used like a claw, which is why it is also called &#039;kuku macan&#039;, tiger claw. You hook your finger through the loop and form a fist. Useful in close combat.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kerambits are still used in &#039;pencak silat&#039;, an elegant Indonesian martial art of mixed Madurese and Sundanese (West Java) origin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would guess 19th century. Just call it antique.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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