The most valuable part of any knife however is its blade, with this folded steel dagger blade certainly forming a premium quality foundational core of this deadly, double edged dagger.
Forged with folded steel, which is a mixture of 1045 soft steel, 1060 high carbon steel, manganese spring steel and many more smaller portions of other steels. This mixture is then folded multiple times to remove impurities, creating many hundreds of individual steel layers, finally producing arguably the best sword & knife-making steel available, a technique renowned for smithing blades from both the oriental and middle-eastern regions of the world.
With this folded steel, the blade is then forged into an 8-sided octahedral blade shape, which is both aesthetically distinctive and on a more practical level, significantly strengthens the blade’s structure.
Perfect for a personal collection, ceremonial dagger purposes, display, and a combat functional Chinese dagger.
Key Features:
- Folded steel knife blade – multi-layered steel with an unmatched razor sharp cutting edge, along with renowned blade resilience & elasticity.
- Premium knife fittings, handle & scabbard materials.
- Perfectly balanced & versatile knife dagger – equally effective cutting and stabbing knife weapon.
- High ornate dagger display value – decorative dagger with a classic, traditional form, steeped in mythological mystique.
Ornate Dagger Specifications:
- Overall dagger length: 49.5cm.
- Dagger blade length: 33cm.
- Width of blade: 3.1cm (at widest point).
- Thickness of blade: 0.8cm (near hand-guard).
- Handle length: 16.5cm.
- Craft: Hand forged dagger.
- Blade material: Folded steel – over 1200 individual steel layers.
- Blade shape: Unique 8-sided octahedral blade shape.
- Dagger handle material: Hardwood, wrapped in leather and then finally with pure copper (hand engraved illustrations).
- Sheath material: Hardwood, wrapped in leather and then finally with pure copper (hand engraved illustrations).
- Sword fittings material: Pure copper.
- Tang: Full tang dagger.
- Weight: 0.86kg (including weight of scabbard).
- Item: Chinese knife dagger.