Daggers....

Dawkind

Dawkind

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I've been reading the 'What's Hot?' thread and saw the comments about daggers, and even though I've never been a real dagger fan, I have picked up a few in the past year and my interest has been growing.

My problem is that the makers I've been collecting and am interested in don't make knives any longer and haven't for a number of years.....:(

Here are a couple exquisite forged ATS-34 pieces from Sean McWilliams and some stunning pieces from John Salley. :cool:

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Dawkind said:
I've been reading the 'What's Hot?' thread and saw the comments about daggers, and even though I've never been a real dagger fan, I have picked up a few in the past year and my interest has been growing.

My problem is that the makers I've been collecting and am interested in don't make knives any longer and haven't for a number of years.....:(

Here are a couple exquisite forged ATS-34 pieces from Sean McWilliams and some stunning pieces from John Salley. :cool:
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Extraordinary pieces. :thumbup:

That's the point I were trying to get across in the "What's Hot" thread.

I don't believe Loveless, SR Johnson or Young have to worry that Daggers are going to steal their thunder anytime soon, however some serious collectors who haven't been interested in Daggers are starting to take notice of some very fine examples.
 
Outstanding collection, Dudley. Those Salley knives are simply amazing, of course I'm partial to the Ti handled stiletto.:)

Win
 
They are really well done Dudley!

A lot of folks are not into daggers, but I have never seen what I would call a great collection that did not have a few examples. They are very difficult to do right and can really illustrate the full extent of skill in knife making.

Now if I could just figure out how to use them without dagging someone ;).
 
Bastid said:
I have never seen what I would call a great collection that did not have a few examples.
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This is a very astute observation and a telling comment. My limited experience confirms it as well.


The dagger is more than a type of knife. It's shape and outline are so deeply imbedded in the human collective consciousness that it rivals the symbols of other great mythologies like the dragon, lightning bolts, the constellation Orion etc.

"Travels for Daggers" is a fascinating book some might want to get. Here's a link: http://www.knifeworld.com/travelsfordaggers.html While not exclusively about daggers it is certainly mostly about daggers (as well as the story of a worldly diplomat who sought out authentic dagger examples everywhere he went. It's his story told in the context of his intense life-long passion for daggers).

Dawkind - those are beautiful examples. Thanks for posting them. I hope you don't mind if I add a few of mine and hopefully others will join in and we can see how much enthusiasm for daggers there might be out there. I'll just post three now and more later.

By Tai Goo:
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By Hanford Miller (my article about this Cinquedea should appear soon in BLADE):
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By Joe Keeslar:
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Daggers and Fighters are probably my favorite knives. Those shown are beautiful examples for sure.

I'll add a couple also

first by Wolfgang Loerchner

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next is by Nick Wheeler

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Anders Hogstrom

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Denis Friedly

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Willie Rigney

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Van Barnett

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Murray White said:
Daggers and Fighters are probably my favorite knives. Those shown are beautiful examples for sure.

I'll add a couple also

first by Wolfgang Loerchner

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next is by Nick Wheeler

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Anders Hogstrom

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Denis Friedly

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Willie Rigney

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Van Barnett

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Hmmmmm.........looks like young Nick might be practicing for 2009 already
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This dagger was made by Dick Dorough, I have no idea when.
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Does it count?
James
 
I'd think that the DD piece would be better classified as a boot knife rather than a dagger.

Here are a couple more

Roger Toner

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Collaboration of Howard Clark blade and Zaza Revishvelli handle

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Daggers are one of my favorites. They are what really drove me to get into making knives.

I bought a copy of Blade and Knives Illustrated when I was 14, and immediately fell in love with the daggers by guys like Warenski, Carter, and Rigney. I thought to myself, "Well, shoot, I CAN do THAT!"

So....My first knife was a dagger.

My first "serious knife" was the dagger that Murray posted. I made that knife 8 years ago.

There's something about the difficulty in achieving symmetry and the fluid look of a dagger that really draws me to them.

Of course I've grown VERY fond of bowies and hunters since starting, but I still have a special affinity for daggers.

I've got about three blades started for STeven's, but of course none of them have "worked" just yet ;)

While most I've spoken with seem to fret over making their MS test dagger, I am really excited about it. (but of course fretting over it like a little school girl as well! lol)
 
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