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More effective dagger than what? A dagger meant to actually stab and penetrate effectively? That knife is pure fantasy design driven. A $14 s&w would do a better job.
Yes.
Had a few that showed up so damn dull I could use the edge as a worry bead if I'd wanted to.
Wouldn't cut paper.
Wouldn't cut tape.
Wouldn't catch on a thumbnail.
The point wasn't even fully pointy.
After I spent a bunch of time turning them into actual, functional knives, then they worked fine.
But it would have been nice to buy a knife, and have it actually able to cut things...I thought that's what knives were traditionally for.
Very true. One odd ineffective looking knife. Another reason it is odd and a poor dagger for actually carrying and using is how heavy it must be because of the odd "grind". The Ed Schemp Spyderco Tuff I posted above is odd but still very effective at being a tough EDC knife. That MT is far from being even on par in effectiveness at its "intended purpose" than most any sub $20 import dagger. It's a fantasy collectors piece.
Yes, I agree - weird it is. I posted the Jagdkommando because of it being odd but it seems as though the scope of the thread was more in the direction of odd but functional knives hence I posted the Chilean Corvo.
fair enough...but......what was it...a queen?
once sharpened they cut well though, right. i really wasnt commenting on factory cutting edges...more on geometry and thin stock and shape, but yeah queen/gec, sometimes case and a few others seem to leave the factory for being collected and never used to cut, not as users.....whole other subject. now bucks seem to come sharp as users from the factory typically.One of them was, as far as I recall.
Or it might have been GEC...
Some came from places like France or Italy, and I bought them because it seemed nice to have knives from around the world.
It is a far less efficient dagger design.
It is less efficient for that purpose.
To get back on track and not get bogged down in useless keyboard ninja knives, this is the Tracker - I always thought that a truly bizarre blade design.
I was never a fan of 'nightmare grinds' but some seem to swear by it though.
I bet the movie featuring this knife sold more than a few blades.
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I have a Tracker.
I worked pretty well once I completely reprofiled the blade so it would cut things.
The way it shipped new though, whew!
Wouldn't cut paper, and was stupid thick behind the "edge."
But no one would have damaged it, even digging in rocks.
Exactly this. It is a less effective dagger. Most of us here can understand that. To the point of this thread, that "dagger" was made with that bizarre blade shape not to make it an effective tool. It was made to be bizarre. To argue otherwise is a bit silly.It is less efficient for that purpose.
The twists don't help anything, and bigger cross-section is more difficult to insert into whatever material one is dealing with.
It is a fantasy piece, with ad copy saying it is practical.
There is nothing wrong with that, but it is not a better dagger for any purpose.
Look at historical examples of daggers used in wars and personal combat throughout history, and you will not see something like that thing.
The Kris.
The curves/waves are supposed to work as oversize serrations.
