OSS Sleeve Daggers

Bill Siegle

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Here are a couple cool toys I recently got out of my head 👍 I’m a huge fan of the OSS style hideout weapons. I finally decided to make a couple sleeve daggers. The first one was the longer one at 8 3/8in. It came out great but a little long. Sooo back out to make another one closer to the size of some of the originals. At 7 1/4in the shorter one really makes me happy 😊 These are chisel ground to a zero edge but not given a finished, sharpened edge. They are heat treated but being primarily stabbing tools, I don’t see the point of working the edges. Make no mistake they will slash and leave a mark but a quick poke and run away is their real purpose.
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I'm not familiar with OSS Daggers, but, wouldn't the edges directly behind the point be sharpened to aid in penetration through clothing etc?
 
Oh to be sure the edges are sharp! They just don’t have a secondary bevel as usually found on on dedicated cutting tools.
 
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