Looking for a specific dagger/stiletto

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Well, no clue whether you folks can help me, but let's give it a try.
I am looking for the name/designation of a dagger/stiletto. I read about it in a WW2 book when i was young, but obviously don't have access to the book anymore, so now i am trying to find out what it was.

as far as i remember the blade had a triangle crosssection with a hollow grind and almost no guard. the handle was blank metal with just grooving to ensure grip. as i recalled it was commonly blued to reduce reflections. and that's basically all i remember.

any guesses?
 
Was it an F-S variant? Like the F-S B2 or Camillus Canadian Paratrooper?
Please google Fairbairn-Sykes and tell us if this design looks familiar.
 
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Weren't daggers with a triangular cross section banned from combat before WW2? Seems vaguely familiar....
 
vilePossum said:
Well, no clue whether you folks can help me, but let's give it a try.
I am looking for the name/designation of a dagger/stiletto. I read about it in a WW2 book when i was young, but obviously don't have access to the book anymore, so now i am trying to find out what it was.

as far as i remember the blade had a triangle crosssection with a hollow grind and almost no guard. the handle was blank metal with just grooving to ensure grip. as i recalled it was commonly blued to reduce reflections. and that's basically all i remember.

any guesses?
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Was it one of these or simaler ?.
 
sadly it wasn't as easy as a FS dagger. like i said it could also be labeled a stiletto. the edges run almost parallel after the first third of the blade from the tip. also the blade was slimmer than the ones pictured above and the guard was even less than the one on the second picture.
as for the triangle crosssection being banned... no clue... not that that kep anyone from using it if it prove useful.
 
I have seen antique stilettos in museums. There are some replicas available of middle age and renessaince stilettos. Many of those did not have any cutting edge, they were triangular in cross section. Very cool weapons.
 
actually maybe my description was misleading as it probably is not a hollow grind, but a fuller or a groove.
i will have to look the cold steel one up as a letter opener.
as for the middle age/renaissance ones, yes, some were just really really pointy ;) the reason i was looking for it was two fold: i wanted to know what i had forgotten and to me it is the very minimized/trimmed down version of a dagger/stiletto, which i found rather interesting.
 
GIRLYmann said:
ah, spook hide away baring scapers
http://www.fairbairnsykesfightingknives.com/thumb-daggers-etc.html
one could possibly find such
cheap modern day oriental replicas
sold as small wrist carry throwers
from survival ninja stores.
there are of course dedicated
full sized items coming out
from the people republic of china too.
all still very much illegal across the globe.
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Those PRC origin mall ninja toys, at least for the most part are based on real shuriken used in premodern Japan.
In fact most shuriken were straight bladed throwing weapons, rather than the "star shape" made globally famous
on TV and moves. Shuriken were not just Ninjutsu weapons, most established schools of swordsmanship included
the use of shuriken. Because of the parallel purpose with modern the "spy daggers" there is an undeniable physical
resemblance.

http://www.busido.cz/en/odborne-clanky/meifu-shinkage-ryu
 
Yes indeed!
The fury 3 angle resembles the nail.

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