Got Daggers?............

[Mace]

You guys have always helped before and I thank you.:thumbup:
This time I would love it if you could post some daggers. I'm looking for mastersmith work but other outside influence is cool too. I'm in need of some inspiration.
Thanks
Mace

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I really like this one by John White.

And this one by Anders Hogstrom and Don Hanson III.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

This one by loveless is really nice as well.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

J.D. Smith:

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Josh Smith:

Joseph Szilaski:

 

[Jon Brand]

Anyone expect folders? Hanson folding daggers.

 

[Marcel54]

Here are five. From left to right Tai Goo, Bailey Bradshaw, Kaj Embretsen, Don Fogg, Murad Sayen.

Marcel

 

[Marcel54]

And five more. From left to right Anders Hogstrom, Van Barnett, Jim Ence, J.D. Smith and Mark Banfield. Need more??

Marcel

 

[Bastid]

Ray Kirk's MS test dagger:

 

[Marcel54]

Well I can't help myself so here are five more. From left to right Johan Gustafsson, Heather and Kevin Harvey, Kevin Harvey, Robbin Hudson and Rodrigo Sfreddo.

Marcel

 

[Marcel54]

To top it of here are couple by Shane Taylor.

Marcel

 

[bluejaunte]

Bailey Bradshaw folding dagger. Sorry for the poor quality, this is the best I could do with my setup and a difficult-to-photo finish.

 

[jjtjr]

Here's one from Michael Connor MS:

 

[WyoNonSmith]

Its not a great picture, but it is one the knives Rodebaugh took to Reno and sold. This might be the only picture of it...which is sad.
He called it a brothel dagger, tenitively called the Fallen Dove

 

[the possum]

MyArmory has scores of pictures of original daggers from the Renaissance, Medieval times, etc., here: Daggers, Knives, & Dirks
The idea of drawing inspiration from pieces that were really expected to be carried constantly and used in that role appeals to me.

 

[Ken Williams]

Well, I'm buckled in for the dagger show, which is already quite staggering. I love the things from the pointy, symmetrical blades to the absolute freedom in design/material choices (ever see a heretical dagger) to their oft haughty ostentatiousness favored by potentates to their historical significance spanning pre-King Tut to the present.

I will never own one, though, cuz what respectable backwoods redneck would be caught toting a dagger? One notable exception is the no-nonsense, understated lucre of the Loveless dagger defiantly contradicting my view that daggers are interlopers in the woods the way Lamborghinis are for delivering mail on gravel roads. That said, however, those pointy tips are just the ticket for wrestling choleric grizzlies and the double edge means a sharper knife after hard work on a long backpack hunt. Okay, I can justify a dagger, now the agony of justifying/finding the funds. Thanks, Keith.

Marcel, I now fully understand why Dutch officials consider you dangerous, pimping those audacious daggers on the world's innocents the way you do. I'm sure they are monitoring your internet activities gathering prodigious evidence, but my advice to you is simple . . . keep them coming!

ken

 

[Joss]

Here are a few:

Don Fogg:

Don Fogg with Zaza Revishvili:

Wolfe Loerchner:

 

[Mace]

Awsome! You guys are the best!
I don't mind if you have more.
Thanks very much.
Mace

 

[Bruce Bump]

This is the best "fix" I've had for months!

 

[RogerP]

Burt Foster's MS test dagger:

Roger