Poshland BB-36 Handmade Damascus Steel Blank Blade Full Tang Dagger Knife

This is sort of an odd piece.For the $, you get a beautiful damascus dagger blank that has the look of a scaled down Gladius.Unfortunately, also scaled down is the handle length. You'll have to have hobbit sized hands to wield this one.Which leads me to my second issue: This blade failed the file test miserably. It is not hardened (or not hardened properly).This will make it easier to cut away the tang on the pommel end to put a proper set of scales on. (however: standard sized scales will be too small for this project).Hey, you weren't really going to trust your life to this during the apocalypse, were you?Hang it on your wall, looks beautiful!

First off, it has beautiful Damascus, better when held in hand than in photos. That said, the handle will not fit the hand of any adult, male of female, but I always intended to modify it anyway. More irritating, mine also came with a warp of about 1/4 inch when lying on my bench. The blade handle is fairly hard, as I found while enlarging the tiny 1/8 inch holes and adding a fourth hole to pin on a brass pommel but I'm not going to risk bashing it on anything either.

When I saw the item it appeared to be a small Roman gladius in the scale of a pugio dagger. Seeing the Damascus steel composition combined with pre-drilled tang pin holes and including a hint of ancient culture I had to try it as a new project. Once it arrived the hilt piece arrived shortly thereafter and fit nicely. I've bought some purple heart wood 3/8" thick 12"x4", Plan on making the handle pieces longer than the tang as it feels too small because of it being sized down from a sword pattern (I'm assuming). I'll include a picture once I get it all together but so far I am 100% pleased with the blade. Exceeded expectations.

Great buy! Highly recommended

Very soft metal. Beautiful pattern. Would be a nice decorator piece.

Love this knife bought one for myself. One for a gift. Awesome company. True to its word

As advertised

The knife came on time and looks great Thank You!