Common Worlds

Hi Brian,

Could you give me a better idea of what you want this dagger for?

Show? A prop? Do you care about the quality of it? What's your price range?

Do you want something fancy, fantasy or authentic?

yeah Mike, it would be something just for show. something to put in a case to display. It would be handled only so far as looking closely at it, but i wouldn't care if it couldn't cut cotton.

in the 50-100 range. Something ornamental, but not the "Death King of the Liche Wizards" over the top style :)

thanks!

brian

My tastes run to the functional and true to period forms, so keep that in mind.

I might suggest eBay. Things to avoid:

India made
chinese made
wire wrapped handle
photo-etched decoration
$10
Fairbain-Sykes style

Here's an advanced search that turned up some interesting things:
http://search.ebay.com/dagger-dragon-LARP-India-katana_W0QQcatrefZC5QQfbdZ1QQfclZ3QQfposZ22974QQfromZR14QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQnojsprZyQQpfidZ0QQsacurZ0QQsadisZ200QQsaprcloZ37QQsaslopZ1QQsatitleZdaggerQ20Q2ddragonQ20Q2dLARPQ20Q2dIndiaQ20Q2dkatanaQQsofocusZbsQQsojsZ1QQsorefinesearchZ1

http://www.museumreplicas.com/ kind of the "Sears" of weaponry. I have one of their glaives. You can see it tomorrow.

If you like the idea of unique and hand made, and don't mind a less refined look, I know a guy who does reasonable damascus blades in your price range. He doesn't seem to have a web site, but I can probably get some pics. He might be at an event in Fluvanna in 2 weeks.

Here's the crazy stupid high end for drool production:

http://www.raven-armoury.co.uk/

If you don't mind modern looks, Spyderco, Buck and Rigid are good makers. Though it's possible none of them make a dagger.