Daggers... are they good for anything except fighting?

I think very few of us have a "practical" need for a dagger.

Most importantly they are cool and look awesome. A purpose driven design has it's own attraction.
Secondly, most daggers have some history behind their design... I like the classics like the FS dagger, Boker Applegate Fairbairn and the Gerber Mark 2.
 
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Legendary_Jarl said:
What if I am a Sikh? Or what if I identify as a dagger pronouns: stabby/stab and they don't wanna let me in? 😔🤣
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You'll need your Sikh membership card, proof of medical insurance through your local Sikh Union Hall, and three letters of reference: from non-relatives...
 
Another nice thing with daggers is they are easy to use in the dark or low light. No need to check where the edge is : draw, cut, back to the sheath. This was especially obvious to me because I carry several symetrical shaped knives. I put grooves in the sheath to identify the spine side. Much better.
 
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eveled said:
At one time a double edged knife was important in a utilitarian way. One coarse edge one fine edge. Plus a longer time between sharpenings.
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I saw a picture online of one of Davy Crockett’s knives and it was essentially a double edged dagger. They said it was a double edged utility knife that was popular among the 19th century sportsmen because one edge could be used for rougher work and the other edge could be kept razor sharp for skinning game. I guess it would have been a plus that it was good at stabbing/ piercing as well
 
chevyrulez1 said:
I saw a picture online of one of Davy Crockett’s knives and it was essentially a double edged dagger. They said it was a double edged utility knife that was popular among the 19th century sportsmen because one edge could be used for rougher work and the other edge could be kept razor sharp for skinning game. I guess it would have been a plus that it was good at stabbing/ piercing as well
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I think today's concept of one edge being fine and other one being serrated is pretty similar implementation.
 
Daniel L said:
I think very few of us have a "practical" need for a dagger.

Most importantly they are cool and look awesome. A purpose driven design has it's own attraction.
Secondly, most daggers have some history behind their design... I like the classics like the FS dagger, Boker Applegate Fairbairn and the Gerber Mark 2.
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And no love for the V42 ? Devil's Brigade, come on ! You need one !
 
Deathmage said:
daggers aren't good at cutting because of the blade shape and how narrow it is. also the weight balance isn't made for cutting boxes or anything thick. It's designed for stabbing
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Apparently the poster has limited experience with daggers. I’ve owned cheap daggers (made in the 1980s) and higher end daggers. Like any knife, there are good ones and bad ones. See this post from earlier in the thread for example:

…Below is a pic of one of my more "practical" daggers. I call it practical because I can use it for general cutting tasks if I want. After a thread awhile back where people said that daggers are no good for cutting stuff I decided to test this knife by cutting up a bunch of 550 paracord. The knife sliced right through it without effort, just as easily as any of my single-edged fixed-blades. It also works great for opening packages…
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