The Awl Of The Father

Oh damn, that's nice. Would get through layers of clothing easily. Awl is a good name for it

Nice nice, I am digging it. I love the twisted looking handles, like a narwhale tusk. You guys have a great taste on the ornate aspects of design, but the practicality is even better. That woikd be a sick thruster. An awl to even a dragons skin

One grip is shinier than the other. Is that because one is unpolished, lighting, the nature of the horn, or? The points appear wicked. As usual Purna is Purna and that fellow was a good find. Here’s hoping your personal problems are soon solved, if not already.

Quite possibly the most gothic stuff you've designed yet! They both came out dripping with gothic flavor. Well done.

When you need something stabbed and it needs to not break.  Perfect for armor clad vampires.

I still cannot decide which one I prefer. I believe they are equal in beauty. If they swapped fittings, I think the brass would look marginally better with the black horn, and the copper would look marginally better with the rosewood. But then we'd be back to square one again as they'd both be equal in beauty.

New dagger is the best day! Behold the latest design of Brother Nathaniel (The Levin Lance) realized by Purna Darnal. An armor-fighting dagger taking strong inspirations from late medieval and early Renaissance rondel daggers and some Germanic quillon daggers but with unique designs of a leaf-shaped blade like the Roman gladii and also a ricasso with copper-inlayed sigil of the Lodge and decorative grooves. The grip has a writhen pattern on a tapered cone-like geometry, ends with a hand-carved pommel cap with rose pattern and heart-shaped perforations! As you can see, two versions are available--one with brass furniture and wooden grip, the other one with copper furniture and buffalo horn grip.


The blades on both daggers are thick like rondel daggers, starting at 8mm at the ricasso, and have a convex distal taper, gradually thinning out, though still keeping significant thickness near the tip, with a strong diamond cross section and striking central ridge.


Stats:

Awl of the Father (brass+wood):

weight: 411g (14.5 oz)

blade length: 28.2cm (11.1")

overall length: 42.7cm (16.8")

distal taper:

8mm at the base

5.6mm at 5" from the base

4.6mm at 9" from the base

3mm at 1" from the tip

profile taper:

30.4mm at the base

26.6mm at the flared-up portion of the blade

24.3mm at the waist

15.7mm at 2" from the tip


Awl of the Father (copper+horn):

weight: 480g (1 lb 1 oz)

blade length: 28.3cm (11.125")

overall length: 43cm (16.7")

distal taper:

8mm at the base

6.3mm at 5" from the base

4.6mm at 9" from the base

3mm at 1" from the tip

profile taper:

30mm at the base

25.6mm at the flared-up portion of the blade

23.6mm at the waist

16mm at 2" from the tip

I agree, the copper and horn one, in particular, looks fantastic. rschuch - you could almost certainly contact Purna and ask him to make you one, although The Levin Lance might want to confirm.

I agree that $350 for one of these daggers is a good price. The only remotely competitive option is Tod Cutler, but there's problems with that comparison:

1) Tod Cutler is unsharpened, and even if you pay for sharpening, it's a secondary bevel and still not particularly sharp. Everything Purna makes is very sharp with excellent edge geometry.
2) Tod Cutler's daggers are nowhere close to as decorated as these.
3) With Purna you get a wood-core scabbard, as opposed to Tod Cutler's leather sheath.

Don't get me wrong, I love my Tod Cutler daggers. They're some of the best value on the market! I think The Levin Lance has really knocked it out of the park with this design, and Purna did the same in crafting the final pieces. If my budget wasn't completely shot right now, I'd heavily consider buying one of them. Where else are you going to get such a beautiful fantasy dagger that still manages to incorporate historical design philosophies for such a low price?