The Kris - A Must Have + History

Just look at this thing. Enough Said.
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[@arpioisme]

For a javanese, the wavy blade is not the definitive design of a keris. A blade must have three aspect to be even considered a keris and not just a keris-like object (which there are many) : 1. The material must be steel ; 2. It has to have a definite, separate gonjo (that guard-like flare actually is separate, but one) ; 3. It has to have a 'condong leleh' (that cant forward) of at least around 5°, but not more than 15°

[@kevinmorrice]

this isnt a javanese one, its based on the filipino kris

[@OhCrxzeh]

It‘s so hard to get one of those here in Germany :/ I‘ve been fanboying the Kris-Blades since I first saw one. Greetings to all my Americans, have a blessed, Corona-free time!

[@ragnarok7498]

you can find both on lamnia.com

[@The4cp]

You too my friend

[@deimos4071]

BA blades in the UK provided mine and they are the local cold steel franchise. Excellent company and still operating in the lockdown, had them in stock zwei minuten ago. Priced in euros if required. D.

[@dragonfell5078]

You can find them pretty easily here in Malaysia! XD

[@anthonycanady4051]

Check medievil collectables they have a whole bunch of cool shit

[@keithbodnar2937]

I really like the historical aspects of Luke's presentations of Cold,Steel Edged Weaponry!

[@GOxHAM]

Love these historical stories behind various blades and weapons. Extremely interesting to say the least. Thank you very much for these! They are very fun to watch and educational.

[@wideranger4087]

Thanks Cold Steel. Love these videos on the history of different blade designs (love the bad ass testing ones too!). Carrying my Vaquero right now, have a number of your great blades.

[@rockd8946]

Enjoyed very much. The history itself is amazing and you kept to the point… I just picked up the Ti-Lite version. One of the many things I’ve always enjoyed with Lynn’s designs… you said it right- every knife has a function. Thanks for a great history on these.

[@mathewrculbertson]

I own both CS Kris blades. But spyderco actually did a really cool Kris back in the mid 2000s. Keep up the good videos Luke.

[@umarzaidzulkifli8294]

Keris is originally from Indonesia & Malaysia

[@kaizoebara]

Linder in Solingen, Germany, still makes flame daggers to this day. As for modern interpretations, Spyderco had a kris model some years back.

[@boogboog8097]

Just got a voyager kris, grinds are amazing fit is perfect not a hint of wiggle in the lock.

[@KungFuTweety1]

Love how CS pushes the envelope!

[@martinsmith3550]

Keris wave shapes like snake… silent and deadly. Kris is not for box opening or unboxing, noisy marital art fighting or so call self defence, but Kris design size and blade material all aim at silently slipping into opponent stomach and pull enemies’ intestine out ; it is designed purely to kill. It is not designed to deter enemies from attacking you or design to just hurt someone, it is designed to kill. When you attack with Keris you need to focus, silently bend your knees so that the blade will cut through the center of the stomach, (belly button) ; There was primitive groups (until now) believe amongst South East Asian (Hindu) warriors that you need to consume enemies’ intestine to gain courage, so that the enemies’s spirit be with you and keris designed to take out enemies’ intestine. You might heard some groups fighting happens in South East Asia still uses Keris and they attacked kill the enemies silently at night and then consume their enemies intestine and then drag the remains on the street to scare the enemies families from taking revenge. This still happens.

[@TheSnakeyes2013]

Excellent Video! Awesome little history lesson on the kris!

[@bobreynolds744]

I love my Voyager Kris. Carry it 24-7.

[@isaacrhodes4617]

great vid :) love the historical inspirations behind Cold Steel blades.

[@PerfectNormal]

I love my Ti-lite Kriss 6" Serrated. I loved it so much, I bought a second one.

[@kenmarapese9085]

Dig the history, beautiful folders!

[@yukafidah1]

The purpose of the waves are to break the rib cage as the blade enters the chest cavity.

[@y_saputra761]

Javanese kris/Indonesian Kris has beautiful and detail design. It may be not Javanese Kris.

[@picturesfromabove2018]

Both knives look great, but what I personally would really like to see is how this blade is sharpened outside of the factory. I know it is not impossible, but I guess it would be not an easy task.

[@josemariaalipio449]

Pictures from Above Agreed. I personally prefer their clip points and tantos. For EDC roles, the kris blade shape isn’t the most practical option. I still appreciate Cold Steel taking risks though.

[@ArtVSMayhem]

Use the Spyderco 204 sharpmaker, and then finish up with a strop.

[@picturesfromabove2018]

Oh absolutely, it's good thing that companies don't fall into stagnation and to release every year practically the same 5 or 6 knives.

[@picturesfromabove2018]

Thank you sir. When I buy one I'll have your advice into consideration :)

[@tikkidaddy]

Round and rat tail Fine diamond and ceramic hones and rounded leather strops by eye. Care and precision. It's not a race. The Spyderco TSM can also be used but again...take your time...NO power tools

[@willc9235]

Got both of them in a couple weeks ago and they are both super fun knives.

[@andrew-ripley1747]

Grape for you, and no, I'm definitely not jelly.

[@willc9235]

Okey doke.🗡

[@hezsurnarcissus1460]

COLD STEEL NEED TO RE-RELEASE THE FIXED NAGA KRIS THAT THEY USED TO MAKE, THING WAS AWESOME

[@ummfaizal]

The most magical Kris in Malaysia is Swinging Monkey Kris owned by Sultan of Selangor. In the past the kris belongs to a big monkey that killed 99 people. The monkey later defeated by a local warrior using cork wood that stuck the kris blade. Because of 99 people have been lost their soul through this kris, when it unsheathed, people around it will feel headache.

[@sleepsire9321]

I honestly cannot tell if you are joking. Please let me know

[@emieh.4494]

​@@sleepsire9321Unfortunately, he's not joking. We Malaysian, especially the old folks are very superstitious. We like to believe in magical, mythical things. It's in our blood I guess.

[@asfvck7397]

Exceptional Content!

[@donfierro777]

Thank You! God bless

[@soulzzplaysgames]

Already ordered. Now I'm just over here patiently waiting for the Facon.

[@j.s.4700]

Facon ..? What it look like

[@jorgefernandez6407]

I like that Kris Voyager for SURE!!!

[@bob_moron]

Is there going to be another production of Mr. Thompson‘s Vaquero Voyager? I desperately need one 😊

[@richardhenry1969]

Great video I'm definitely getting one

[@78troland]

Very good,thank you!!😊🙏🙏

[@julesthurongi1223]

Thanks Luke!! Gonna try to get a Kris Voyager for my Bday! Love the design of it!! Also all those humps acting like miniature recurves! 👍

[@hildolfrdraugadrottin7279]

I like the designs and the Ti-lite is one of my favorite blades. They look really cool and I bet they cut really well too but sharpening one correctly wouldn't be easy.

[@beardedwolf628]

definitely not easy to sharpen, you'd have to follow that curve with a thin belt I reckon

[@andrew-ripley1747]

I'm not great with hand sharpening and I think some guided systems like the the DMT/Lansky/KME clamp-based systems may not sharpen the interior of the curves well (I have trouble with simple recurves on the DMT Aligner). However, any free/partially-guided stone system (bench stone, Sharpmaker, etc.) should work- you can drag the edge along and access the insides of the curves. Hissatsu5 had a video on this recently.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

I love triple bladed knives. Nothing like it! So much fun!

[@kylethedalek]

What is that?

[@zjoaquin]

Wow very nice, these Cold Steel blades are growing in me.

[@adods9824]

On you .. hopefully!. Lol

[@PREPFORIT]

I like them all !

[@anthonyp7051]

Don’t think there’s a more exciting blade style When I’m ready I hope there’s one of two I can snag

[@EVENINGWOLF666]

I kind of liked the Naga Kris throwing knife you guys used to make...kind of sad it was discontinued....

[@loti1488]

Giving love? Hell, you've earned it.

[@grenade180]

Please make more! Im so sad that i cant buy one right now.

[@patricegarnierlobo25111967]

in the past in 80's-90's i bought an automatic italian knife with 20 cm of kriss blade shape!

[@classifiedagent8807]

A keris origin from Malaysia, Indonesia, Southern Thailand, Southern Philipines. A well made keris can stand on itsself tip down. Go type KERIS BERDIRI in youtube. U will see Click on the most top/first video

[@candrasari6642]

Javanese kris (majapahit kris) is your kris anchestors

[@Pessonaa]

@@candrasari6642 ken arok aja udah pake mas...

[@noorindra5150]

Kris was originated from Java before spreading to Nusantara archipelago

[@EukalyptusBonBon]

A well made Keris could make a gecko in the wall falling just by pointing the dagger at it.

[@iamfuckingyourwaifuandther2743]

Hope they come out with a serrated version.

[@Digital2pulse]

The longest variant of the kris sword is from philippines, we call it Kris too and also Kalis

[@boblaublaw7099]

Thank you!

[@Tipi_Dan]

Cold Steel has done a good job creating reproductions of historic blades, and with its innovative designs. The true archipelagian Kriss is not a blade that could ever in any way be mass produced.

[@olgacherednik2525]

I realy like this presenter !!!

[@LegionTacticoolCutlery]

Whens the Woodman's Sax coming out?

[@adods9824]

Out now, the Karve

[@beardedwolf628]

not gonna lie it's fucking cool no idea what a kriss is but it reminds me of a flamberge or a ceremonial dagger these curved blades were hard to forge and therefore very treasured

[@kitsnap1228]

I really like the kris voyager but are you gonna be making a lite or mini version of this, more in the 4inch ballpark?

[@gandoleemuhammad8721]

KERIS FROM INDONESIA !! 🇲🇨

[@supremesauce2047]

Not gonna lie,but you're too tacky

[@malay7371]

Indonesia ditubuhkan pada tahun keberapa ya? Sorry but i am a bit stupid 😶🙄

[@adilperdana4509]

@@supremesauce2047 can't argue with that

[@dasamukha9379]

@@malay7371 indonesia ditubukan tahun 1932 oleh bangsa jawa , bangsa melayu , bangsa bugis , bangsa dayak dan bangsa2 lain di nusantara lewat sumpah pemuda , satu tanah air , satu bahasa dan satu bangsa INDONESIA...

[@noviannurfakihk]

@@malay7371 mau klaim ke?

[@VOINPRO]

Great!

[@fatman4792]

@ cold steel You guys considering a full size moro kris

[@patricegarnierlobo25111967]

and i saw a lot off knives with kriss blades make by french soldier in the trench in the ww1

[@petrusronald5815]

Wow. You really making it. 2kinds of folding kris. Those would b great

[@ayahaskara]

I Think you must visit Neka Museum At Ubud - Bali. There a lot of ancient Keris that so beautiful in design.

[@sharpsholdier]

Cold Steel, could you please release a fixed Kriss as well.....????

[@Mannyc1122]

When will it be available, the Kris ti-lite

[@The4cp]

Is there going to be a Cold Steel automatic knife soon?

[@anamariecarlos-barr5452]

Pacific cutlery/ Benchmade did it in the 1980s.

[@joeythethrifty]

The Benchmade BM49 was a production kris blade

[@andrew-ripley1747]

The balisong from Face/Off? :)

[@joeythethrifty]

@@andrew-ripley1747 that's the one, knockoffs from dhgate only 25 bucks too

[@wross5961]

looks wicked but the 4 or 5 inch vanquero will bite harder and slice deeper but kris dagger is a more nasty damage used as push dagger and should stay as a fixed dagger since useless as everyday utility use plus it's difficult to sharpen on whetstone unless using a round stone rod.

[@saifaldin_]

Traditionally, keris is not sharpened at all.. it’s a stabbing weapon. Most of the time, only the tip is sharp. For everyday tasks, we have other kinds of blades - golok, parang etc.

[@kresna3329]

Nogososro keris is legend

[@CECS1]

Serrations could be yhe most modern adaptation of Kris inspiration (at least round bread knife serrations)

[@NMiller_]

I really think the Kriss Vector should have a Kris style bayonet.

[@andrew-ripley1747]

But only if it's at a weird angle to "redirect the stabbing force". :)

[@remb9614]

I have a voyager kris and it’s not used for anything but self defense. I wouldn’t want to sharpen it lol

[@jaayashree3943]

KRIS ORIGIN FROM JAVA INDONESIA.....A MISTICAL WEAPON.

[@clawstory9586]

Wow so hard🔥❤️

[@LDmagnum]

That shirt is kick ass

[@pietrocardinali9725]

Ottimo video ciao da italia

[@isabellam1936]

Can you do a video on your new Kris Dagger that just came out?

[@rosh5924]

For the morokris. There's a lot of version depending on the tribe. Northern filipinos relied on the jungle. But the moros in the south preferred the plains. They attack out in the open. Thats why weapons from the south are a bit bigger. They tend to wrap their hands, binding it firmly to the sword.

[@ibapa888]

Sweet!

[@zeuqramjj2002]

I like learning, but as a Coldsteel video how was there no cutting??

[@claytonlovendale2021]

What I would like to see is a traditional/ modern Filipino Kris sword. Cold Steel rocks. It would definitely be my sword of choice, combined with a companion off hand Kris knife.

[@atlasflame2510]

Try maranao kris swrod in the Philippines they create most beautiful kris

[@sharpsholdier]

just got a limited edition Lynn Thompson ti-lite, serial number is 1964...however, there isn't Lynn's signature on the back of the box. Is this an original or did I get a knock-off counterfeit copy...???

[@eezokk]

They are still out of stock :/ been looking dor one forever when will u guys be making more

[@holyshaman]

Just take my money already , damnit!!

[@zaqssb2725]

Javanese kriss👍👍.. Indonesia and malaysia

[@nafis6668]

That Voyager looks more like a traditional weapon, Badik. Try to look it up guys. Badik comes with wavy blades as well.

[@nafis6668]

pusakadunia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/badik-pusaka-terbaik-sedunia_4.jpg

[@m.e.n.anton1227]

Do you make the small tilite in kris

[@arrifjoe]

You know? A well made keris can stand on its own

[@jusufagung]

The perfection of the Kris dagger is at the balance. The perfect Kris is at perfect balance that you can make it stand upright at its tip. If it cannot stand up in balance, then it's a bad Kris.

[@newvillagefilms]

With Netflix Trese out, you'd get demand for a kris dagger for collection.

[@deathwish9638]

Howd one go about blade main as in sharpening ?

[@KA-jm2cz]

Keris is much more than just "shape of the blade". It has almost own culture and presents basically cosmic love. Those copy things are just piece of industrial metal (not a music style).

[@akhabibhabib6432]

That blade to malay history

[@sharpsholdier]

Cold Steel, when are you going to give us a fixed blade version....????

[@adods9824]

YES !!

[@pashatheharamdestroyer1113]

My country's weapon 😁

[@KungFuTweety1]

Please do a kriss with a thumb plate so we can wave it out the pocket like an ak47 folder!

[@user-ts8qm5ev3o]

I found a kris blade in my mother’s closet,wonder what it was used for-

[@mdubb4855]

Wrap it in silk or clean linen and take it to the Indonesian equivalent of a shaman and ask them what to do with it.

[@channelsepotong2852]

Kris from java Indonesia

[@Petrovich-Rostov]

Да, такой Ti-Lite я бы купил!😊

[@TheOneAndOnlySame]

I have this Ti-lite ;) the liner lock will destroy your thumb tho

[@JETBLACKPRIEST]

The only thing stopping me from buying one is the steel, why oh why did yall cheap out on one of the sickest folders you've made in a while?!

[@nathandoll.]

I asked this on their Instagram and they said the Lynn Thompson Kriss Ti-Lite was more of a "decorative" piece... like wtf? I was wondering the same thing. And for like 100 bucks, I would say 440c is just not it chief... stick with the voyager

[@JETBLACKPRIEST]

@@nathandoll. decorative... What the fuck, who knew cold steel was in the business of wall hangers now

[@davidwooden3878]

Agreed, I had hoped for one of their better tool steels for this ti-lite, especially at this price tag. I would love to have it for my collection and EDC but I want a better steel and preferably different scales. Could we get it with the aluminum scales? And I'm also not crazy about the green zytel. Can't go wrong with black, ya know?

[@MrOttmandus]

Flamberge swords!!!!! Pleae

[@Atharod]

But this isn't a Kris. A Kris is much more than a flamed blade. Or did you say, that a Flamberg is a giant Kris?

[@vybtom1]

For anyone who is interested in these Filipino warriors who used the Kris blades: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJK7YWdjoaytn7c (starts at 01:00)

[@agustinusHMPTI]

Indonesian legend blade.

[@awenxchayoo5614]

Kris from indonesia

[@07_defransalvinochristiawa19]

Kris is from Indonesia in Java island not in the Vietnam

[@blackmanoversized5028]

iya dia kan dah bilang javanese(jawa) cuma itu ada keris vietnam keris kan senjata asli nusantara(indonesia,malaysia,brunei,philipina,thailand,myanmar,vietnam