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  • KARAMBITS & MAGIC SWORDS (Crazy Eddie stories part 1)

    by Bill McGrath

    “Smell the blade.” said my Indonesian Penchak Silat instructor, Suryadi “Crazy Eddie” Jafri.

    “Why?” I replied, not understanding what this had to do with the question I had asked him.

    “Billy, just smell the blade.”

    Eddie had given me a small Indonesian knife, with a pistol grip and a 3 inch, leaf shaped blade of black damascus steel. It had a strange, elongated hole that looked to be deliberately forged into the center of the blade. The whole thing was small enough to fit into the palm of my hand.

    Posted in AXE & KNIFE DESIGN, karambit, KNIFE TRAINING, silat