Naga Kris

A "Kris" is a dagger with a distinctive serpentine or undulating blade. It originated in Java, eventually spreading as far East as the Philippines, where it was adopted and embraced by the local martial cultures there. Most of these daggers featured intricate, pattern-welded blades and elaborately carved handles and scabbards, serving as highly effective weapons as well as masculine status symbols.

The Cold Steel Naga Kris, named after Naga, the mythological snake, is an affordable, somewhat simplified interpretation of the scarce and costly originals. Made from a single piece of 1055 Carbon Steel, it sports a hollow ground blade, integral quillons, and a comfortable Paracord handle. It comes fully sharpened complete with a heavy-duty, black Cordura sheath.

Naga Kris

Blade steel	1055 Carbon
Rc hardness	60-64
Blade length	9"
Length overall	14 1/4"
Blade thickness	4mm
Weight	9.4 oz
Made in	China

More about 1055 Carbon steel:
1055 steel is right on the border between a medium and a high carbon steel, with a carbon content between 0.50%-0.60% and with manganese between 0.60%-0.90% as the only other component. The carbon content and lean alloy make this a shallow hardening steel with a quenched hardness between Rc 60-64 depending on exact carbon content. These combination of factors make this one of the toughest steels available because, when quenched, it produces a near saturated lathe martensite with no excess carbides, avoiding the brittleness of higher carbon materials. This steel is particularly suited to applications where strength and impact resistance is valued above all other considerations and will produce blades of almost legendary toughness.