Dark Assassin Dagger with Sheath

For an under 10 dollar knife, these "assassin daggers" are 5-star. I bought 2 of them to go along with a renaissance-type costume, and they are perfect for it. But even though these are fantasy knives (ie, display knives), they still have a very real, factory-sharpened stainless steel blade. They are not razor sharp, but they are certainly sharp enough to cause real damage. Of course you can always hone the edges further, yourself, but you shouldn't need to because the real design of this type of dagger was for stabbing & thrusting. The point needed to be sharp, but it wasn't necessary for the edges to be razor sharp since they were meant to simply cause a hole that would cause profuse bleeding, rather than a slice or a cut. The sheath is ABS black plastic (which is pretty rugged) with a starburst design, and ornate cast metal on both ends. It gives the little knife some weight. The dagger's V-shaped hand guard matches right up against the sheath top, which has a little chain attached, I guess to hook it onto your belt or something. But the chain is weak, I wouldn't really trust them for actual wear, so I replaced them with black cord in order to tie them to my belt securely. If you're just using the knife for display, the chain is better, visually. The blade stays snugly in the sheath because there's foam inside, which also prevents scratching the blade or having it rattling around. With cheaper fantasy knives, it seems that something is usually loose & rattling, but happily that is not the case with these. The blade is brushed stainless steel with a blood groove down the center on one side. The handles are made with the same ABS black plastic, with cast metal rings around it. On the pommel of the handle there is a punch-spike (to which I have customized further by attaching a tassel :). I couldn't tell you how far the blade tang goes into the handle but they seem awfully sturdy. If you attempt to use this dagger as a throwing knife, it will absolutely ruin it (they're not even designed or balanced for throwing) but aside from that even though they're display knives, they have the potential to be quite functional. Fortunately both sides of the dagger & sheath are the same, which is nice because sometimes with fantasy knives, only one side has all the designs on it. Well that about covers it! For the price, 5 stars, you can't go wrong. They're cheap, made with lower-end materials, but they're not cheaply made...and I've seen my share of crappy fantasy knives. They are great on display & great for cosplay, and I imagine they would also be great for self-defense if ever the situation arises & you happen to have one of these strapped to your leg or something. They are sturdy enough that as long as you don't abuse them, they should hold together for quite some time.

- First off: Right away I am going to say this: It is NOT a battle-ready dagger, it's not even full tang (I'll explain how I found out for myself.). So it shouldn't be put under any kind of stress, but it is pointed and decently sharp, so be careful. - The knife: I have owned this knife since Christmas, I bought one for myself and a friend, because he collects knives and I was interested in this product. The knife came to us in a white shiny cardboard box with red velvet-like inside, with the knife included of course. The knife itself is actually quite detailed for the price. The handle and sheath are made of metal and plastic, but not at all flimsy. It's all put together with the blade in a solid, decorative craft. Two only things I saw that were cheap-cheap things about this dagger is the chain (but that's my personal opinion), it just looks kinda weak and it connects to the dagger sheath with two thin rings. Of course you can go to the hardware store and get a stronger, heftier looking chain for five bucks or less at the same length or more. So I would recommend getting a different chain. Inside the sheath, I see two white foam or poster-board-like rectangles along the sides of the sheath. This is to help the dagger from rattling around, but you can't see it unless you actually look INTO the sheath. For looks, decorative, LARP, photos, videos or whatever project you wish to use this knife in, it's a very good prop and the blade doesn't look that bad at all. It doesn't look flimsy or that cheap. You'd have to examine it VERY closely to even tell it has cheap details. Over all it's a solid design, nothing's flimsy about the dagger, and it only slightly rattles in it's sheath. - Stabbing test ***** Treat your knives with respect! ***** I did say this knife isn't at all meant for any sort of abuse, but I did put my knife in abuse to see how it handles. And to be honest it handles abuse well. Basically I got a plank of wood and stabbed the wood a couple of times. I got the knife in good and when I pulled back, the handle came off. This is how I learned the knife isn't full tang. The repair was quick. Re-align the handle and the knife, it's a really tight fit and I pushed all my weight down onto it and the knife returned into the handle snugly. It's still with me on my desk, right now and there's no rattling or any indication the knife ever left the handle.

I don't think the visible screws on the sheath look all that bad, as they are pretty small. Also, I don't mind that everything colored black is hard plastic, I only paid 3$ after all. It does indeed say "china" on one side of the blade but then, this is true of almost every cheap display weapon so again no big deal there. No it doesn't come very sharp but cheap display weapons rarely do. The white padding on the inside of the sheath is hardly noticeable and serves to prevent the blade from becoming scratched up when drawing the Dark Assassin Dagger! forth. The chain attached to the sheath looks cool but is pretty wimpy- fixable though if you needed it to be sturdier. This dagger actually feels pretty balanced and could probably be thrown with a fair chance of sticking....I am not going to risk my sweet, cheap, Dark Assassin Dagger! in order to test this theory however. I also hold no monetary responsibility if you decide to test it out. The picture doesn't really do it justice. It's not THAT much cooler in real life, but it is cooler. This dagger is also listed as the Gothic Athame if I remember correctly, and sells for 20$. I wouldn't have paid 20$ for it. maybe 15$. You do not have to be a Dark Assassin! to wield this dagger with coolness while watching tv. You can be an assassin of any shade. Since it's black and pewter, it will go well with any outfit in most peoples closet. I am mildly and temporarily in love with this dagger. I am also in love with the fact that I have no children and can play with dangerous toys while hanging around my house. If I was a Dark Assassin! I would consider using this as a backup dagger hidden sideways at the small of my back. My main Assassin Dagger! would be Awesome! and suck the lifeforce out of hapless fools just like Artimis Entreri's Jeweled Dagger! This Dark Assassin Dagger! does not appear to posses the vampiric abilities of Entreri's legendary blade and so it could only ever be a backup weapon.

Good looking display piece, great size and fits in my display case perfectly

It was very knife, and was very clean and felt nice and felt very crisp when taking it out of it’ sheath

Good gift, great for a cosplay Nice handle, good grip. Might be too sharp to bring into certain conventions

I'll start off with the bad, just to get it out of the way. 1. There is a chain on the sheathe, which is good, but the rings that hook the chain to the sheathe feel very cheap and are easily bendable. These rings can also get in the way of sheathing the blade completely sometimes. 2. The black parts ARE plastic, but very solid. 3. Feels a little lighter than I'd like, but that's personal. Now for the good! 1. This blade looks simply awesome. It's a very nice looking piece. 2. The blade could definitely hurt someone if needed, but I can't see anyone actually carrying this around. haha 3. I really love the simplicity of the whole thing. 4. It's a very good knife for the price. 5. The silver parts in the picture look darker in person, which I like. Almost a grey instead of a silver. In all, I think I may actually order another just because I like it so much. I recommend buying this. EDIT: I'm changing my review to 3 stars, because upon closer inspection, I've noticed that the chain links are not solid. Not a single one is actually closed, which means the slip apart with any type of force. I put the blade on my belt to see how sheathing/unsheathing would work, and 2/3 times, the chain came apart somewhere. The knife is still good, but the chain isn't worth anything. I'm probably just going to take it off.

Love my dagger. It’s so pretty

A great addition to a blade collection. Detailed as well and comes in a nice box.

Another nice collection piece for my husbands collection

This is a really cool knife I just use it for display, but I never used it for cutting. when I wore this knife on a belt and took the knife out and put it back in the chain broke but I bet you can fix it.

Definitely only for display, wouldn’t cut through anything. Handle has some weird paint issues and is a little shaky. Can’t deny it looks cool though

For the price I paid and the price of shipping and duty. I was very disappointed in the product, if I had known it was partly plastic I would have never ordered it.