Editing Karambit (section)

===Modern forms===
The modern Western interpretation of the karambit is far removed from the original agricultural tool. 

They may have folding blades, are finished to a high standard, made from expensive materials as opposed to being rudimentary and makeshift and are generally larger to accommodate larger hands giving it pure shape.<ref name="emerson">{{cite journal|last=Emerson|first=Ernest|author-link=Ernest Emerson|date=February 2004|title=The Battle Blade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T9wDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA85|journal=[[Black Belt Magazine]]|location=Los Angeles, California|publisher=[[Active Interest Media]], Inc.|volume=42|issue=2|pages=80–85|issn=0277-3066|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref>

Additionally, modern karambit may have [[Nail (fastener)|spike]]s or [[spur]]s on the front or rear [[ricasso]], which may be intended for gripping clothing or [[horse tack]], tearing flesh or for injecting a [[poison]], such as the [[Antiaris|upas]].<ref>Sheikh Shamsuddin. ''The Malay art of self-defense: silat seni gayong''. North Atlantic Books, 2005
{{ISBN|1-55643-562-2}}, {{ISBN|978-1-55643-562-1}}. 247 pages. pp234</ref>