Karambit

Minangkabau weapon in Indonesia

爪刀 · カランビットナイフ

Type

dagger

Place of origin

West Sumatra, Indonesia

The karambit or kerambit (as used in Indonesian), kurambik or karambiak (both from the Minangkabau language) is a small curved knife resembling a claw.

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q286374 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.