Push Dagger

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Hmathews

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This is a push dagger that Charlie and I just finished last week. It will be heading to its new owner shortly. The slow rust blued handle is made from a piece of 1/2" 1030 steel. The blade is 4" long and 1 1/2" wide and made from 3/8" 1095. No CNC machining here! Just a drill press, and grinder, but mostly hand files. Lorien would really appreciate the pile of steel dust on the floor under my bench. It is flat ground and differentially heat treated. The dagger can be taken down.

Charlie and I usually work on custom order knives individually, but on this one, I made the handle while Charlie made the blade. This created quite a few challenges during the construction as the finished blade had to be timed to fit the finished handle and we did not want to use spacers to get that done.

The design is one that Charlie and I came up with after inspecting and handling every push dagger we could for two years. We wanted to make a dagger that would fit in the time period of the late 19th century and early 20th century. We also wanted the dagger to feel good in the hand with good control over the blade. We got our inspiration for the handle from a set of steel knucks I have in my collection and a couple of period push daggers we liked.

We asked Jim Small to add some embellishment to the handle that would be fitting to the period and to the dagger. We told him that the handle would be rust blued and left the rest to him. We could not be happier with his work.

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That looks great to me Harry. I love the blued handle and the engraving just sets everything off nicely.

All this coming from a guy that knows NOTHING about push daggers. :)
 
That is a really impressive piece - GREAT job by both of you. :thumbup:

Roger
 
I like it and the blueing sets it off great. I really think push daggers push artistic boundries. It would look good mounted on a wall!
 
Harry that is off the hook! Very well done, I'd have to say that is the most appealing of that type of knife I've ever laid eyes on. One in a million!

And done by hand, to boot:thumbup::cool:
 
Harry, you and Charlie did an outstanding job on this piece imo.
Jim Small did a fine job as well. I usually don't care too much for blued engraving but it works here.

Nice image too!
 
great looking PD guys. As others have said you can do a lot with PD. unfortunately, they are not legal up here.
 
Except for the signature it looks "old"! :)

To me it almost has an Egyptian look about it too. (?) or just my imagination.
Very nice artistry!
David
 
Thanks for the comments guys! This was a fun knife to build, but at the same time stressful because it has to be absolutely symmetrical. With a push dagger you have all the aspects of a big knife in a smaller package which puts any mistakes all right there together and easy to see. They are a challenge to me.

Murray I think that this knife and others like it would get you in a good bit of trouble in nearly any jurisdiction. To me it is a sad commentary on our legal systems when inanimate objects are outlawed in an attempt to control actions that are already against the law.
 
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