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reswright
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Jun 10, 2019
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All the people saying this isn't a practical knife are correct. It's a dagger except they've left the top edge left unhoned - and they've told you you can hone it, so this is pretty much a DIY dagger that can in theory be sold in places where actual daggers are prohibited by law.
Daggers are stabbing implements optimized for intentional personal combat. Put simply they're killing knives. Long and thin ones like this are specifically chosen and intended for slipping between ribs or vertebrae, for which the form factor is optimal - like a stiletto -- while still being somewhat concealable. That's the pedigree of this knife -- it's meant to be stuck in someone's innards.
All the things that make it good for assassins, kinda make it less useful for the stuff you and I actually end up using our knives to do. Most mundane tasks with a knife involve cutting, not stabbing. Due to blade geometry daggers are terrible at cutting compared to a knife with a grind that puts the thickest part of the knife further away from the cutting edge. (The further away the thickest part of the blade is, the sharper your grind angle can be, and the less the 'shoulders' of your knife's honed edge will be a factor in slowing your cutting).
That alone is enough to make it impractical for most uses.
For instance, this'd be absolute ass at cutting steak. :)
Eggroll1024
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Jun 13, 2019
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reswrightThis is really informative! Thank you for sharing! :)
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