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Polish Army dagger

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What do you say about this Polish Army dagger? From the beginning of the 90ies, not used any longer.
Interesting blade locking mechanism on the sheath.


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Its well balanced, throws well and has a hollow handle, just unscrew the steel cap.

Dull as hell though.

Cost around 30 German Marks, if memory serves back in the day...
 
TheHunt said:
Its well balanced, throws well and has a hollow handle, just unscrew the steel cap.

Dull as hell though.
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This is a dagger wz. 98, it doesn't have hollow handle, the cap is screwed at the end of the tang (similar knife wz. 92 has hollow handle). It is a dagger - very dull but looks cool 😎
 
cali said:
This is a dagger wz. 98, it doesn't have hollow handle, the cap is screwed at the end of the tang (similar knife wz. 92 has hollow handle). It is a dagger - very dull but looks cool 😎
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The cap should seal a little cavity, not as big as in those Ramo-esque knives, but still.

Please check?
 
These were promoted as Polish paratroop knives from the pre Soviet break up days. I don't know much about the Polish army in those days so can't speak to the accuracy of that. I have one, pretty decent combat type knife, better than the Glock in my opinion.
 
Most sources that I found say that it is made of 420/425m equivalent at 50 HRC. Glock is soft 1090/1095. So they are about the same on paper*. Btw, don't the number after the WZ mean the year? The SU were broken by then.
 
Deino said:
Most sources that I found say that it is made of 420/425m equivalent at 50 HRC. Glock is soft 1090/1095. So they are about the same on paper*. Btw, don't the number after the WZ mean the year? The SU were broken by then.
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I think your right, a quick google search gives the date for introduction as 92.
 
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