Blocking dagger (Reaver dagger)

The blocking dagger is modeled directly after one in the Castle Museum in York, England. We worked directly from our pictures on this one. The original has a big blade with a thick medial ride that would make the blade quite stiff, even if the edge was thin for cutting. Ours is flexible for fighting. George Silver suggests a blocking dagger as an option that was almost as good a companion to the sword as a buckler. DiGrassi is also depicted with one in his book. It weighs 1.3 lbs. It can be mounted with either a Darkwood DA8WF Wideflex dagger blade or a Hanwei 14" dagger blade.