QIS- "The House Knife"
QIS
The QIS is first seen in Star Trek
*Generations* in the hand of the ever
treacherous B'Etor of the House
of Duras. It is a simple but elegant blade.
The graceful curves and saw-teeth
become deadly in a trained warrior's hand.
Okrand refers to a QIS as a *wavy
bladed* knife. I can only assume he is referring to
the gentle *S* curve as opposed
to a straight blade or single curve of the
scimitar.
Reference: B'Etor in *Star Trek:
Generations*
"This knife is sometimes called
'The House Knife'. Members of Klingon Houses will carry QIS that
have their Line emblem either engraved on the blade itself or sculpted
on the pommel. I was doing some reading on twentieth century tera'ngan
knifemakers. This knife bears a very strong resemblance to some knives
created by a tera'ngan master by the name of Hibben. For a lousy tera'ngan,
he sure had the heart of a Klingon Weaponsmith. "
-Quadrant Commander Hurgh DeS' sutai-Solazarn
This page was researched and assembled by Hurgh DeS' . My
Sources were the Star Trek Ominipedia, KIWG, The
Heart of Kri'stak Forge, and the Star Trek:Klingon CDROM.
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