Idk if DC ever specified the type of knife Jason was using in Under the Hood and I know that people call it a kris
But it's not a kris
I mean not every curved blade is a kris (plus the hilt of a kris looks different) and honestly? Idk why he would have one because as far as I'm aware Talia isn't from Southeast Asia
And the kris is associated with mysticism and the supernatural which okay if you like magic Jason then it could fit
But the kris is not just some cool looking knife
#if we're gonna give him the kris make him malay or something#i am getting fed up of white guys getting 'exotic' weapons#and the kris isn't something just anyone can get a hold of#granted in modern times they have more ceremonial purposes#but they're not just weapons people just so happen to use#they're a cultural symbol#so while i don't mind jason having a curved blade for the aesthetic#(or even practicality because curved blades can do a lot of damage)#if it's going to be a kris then he'd better have a good reason to have it
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I'm absolutely guilty of this, and I really should be more thoughtful about it.
I personally just learned that name through fandom osmosis, and I wasn't aware of it's cultural contexts. But I will strive after now to do better.
Now I think there are several reasons why the fandom landed on "kris" has the name for the type of knifes Jason has in UtRH, and it's the "famous" knife with a wavy blade.
So to combat that I did a bit of research!
This is an example of a kris:
Ando compare and contrast with Jason knife in UtRH & The Outsiders (adding that one because I had the page on hand)
And we can see there are some superficial similarities, but also several differences. The hilt and the guard are very different, and the point of the blade is much more pronounced in Jason knife.
And there seems to be has many similarities with other wavy blades weapons, like this other examples I found:
And personally I think the most similarities with the way Jason knife is depicted it's with actually an European weapon
Now the guard is smaller in Jason knife but it's within the variation between various daggers, and while wavy blades were not super common in European swords they are a thing.
Now quoting from this article :
Often colloquially called Flamberge or Serpentine blades, these are more properly called Flammard or Flambard, meaning flamed, referring to the edges that undulate like fire. Flamberge means flamboyant, and is often also used to refer to these blades, [...]
So I think it would be accurate to call Jason knife a Serpentine dagger or Flambard dagger, or hell if you want to be dramatic call it a flame dagger, it would still fit with the etymology of this type of blade.
Now I'm in no way an expert on this argument, so if I mada a mistake feel free to correct me an give me more resources! This is just the results of like an hour of googling around. But I hope this is useful.
Those are the resources I used 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
