Photos Let's see them Daggers!! What you have & what you want to get

Knifeedgelife said:
Hi from New Zealand. Saw this thread and had to sigh up. I have got a passion for daggers that began as a kid with Gerber and the iconic Mark II and got well and truely under my skin.....as you can see.

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So below is a shot of the double edge (and some whose swedge makes them quasi daggers) section of my collection. It covers original military knives, new and vintage production models, and some great Kiwi custom makers contributions. After that shot was taken I managed to find the Mark I and Guardian I models pictured (only a Command II away from the set now) along with the Kershaw Secret Agent (added to the Trooper, Amphibian and Military Boot) and the Les George Galvo and finally (a real score) the Pacific Cutlery Fer De Lance. Those last came from maker Brent Sandow who is mentioned in the thread and is making me his Ranger fighter and New York Special (Loveless boot knife) at the moment. As well as his own model FS the above poster has Brent also partnered with world renowned FS reproducer Peter Parkinson in making such accurate incarnations they are the only modern model licensed to be labeled as FS. The final shot is two of Peters knives by themselves for appreciation.


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Nice collection. I love the Fer de Lance and have two at present, one nib. Boker A/F is another favourite. Been looking for an older guardian backup for ages.
 
Vintage French dagger from the Airborne Foreign Legion 1er Republic France Algeria Indochina (1948-1961)
Background on this regiment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Foreign_Parachute_Regiment

This example that recently came out of the woodwork is marked on the ricasso: "Rodrigues 1880 Amsterdam".
In pre-internet days this was a well-known hardware store in the Netherlands, and with an owner who was a knife afi with a fondness for quality.
Sadly he and his wife died in 1977 in the Tenerife aircrash, while going on the first holiday of their life.
They had no successors.

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Specs:

Overall length: 11.6 inch (29,5 cm)
Blade length: ~7 inch (18,0 cm)
Max blade thickness (ricasso): 4,7 mm
Steel: drop-forged stainless steel
Guard: stainless steel
Handle materials: Fiber and brass
Weight: 241 grams (handle heavy)
Sheath: leather with 4 metal studs
 
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Legendary_Jarl said:
Well since somebody revived the thread might as well post an update:

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Very nice! You posted a reproduction M42 back in Sept. Just yesterday I found I could fit both a 5" and 6" version on a piece of Magnacut that I've been deciding how to use. It seems that the original guards were thin and fitted in place from the blade end. I'm tweaking the pattern a little to keep the full tang, but fit the guard from the handle end.
 
Richard338 said:
Very nice! You posted a reproduction M42 back in Sept. Just yesterday I found I could fit both a 5" and 6" version on a piece of Magnacut that I've been deciding how to use. It seems that the original guards were thin and fitted in place from the blade end. I'm tweaking the pattern a little to keep the full tang, but fit the guard from the handle end.
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I guess they did it that way for ease of mass production. I noticed the same thing on WW1 knives. I guess that is when they started with that practice.

Pete1977 said:
I really like that kris-bladed dagger.
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That's a Linder PPR III. Lucky ebay find. But yes, very nice and unique!
 
Sorry, no images of daggers.

However, in 2003 I gave our son a Camillus Cuda Maxx 5.5 inch folding dagger.
He also has two Ek daggers, one with the iconic, standard faceted, rock maple handle, the other with the cord wrapped grip. Both were from the family-owned company in Effingham Ill. before it was bought out by Blackjack. He chose not to take the Camillus or either of the Eks to Iraq.

Lately, I have been staggered to see similar articles offered online at two or three (or five) times the purchase price.
 
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