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Originally Posted by Barbarian
I can only speak as to the design of the general dagger and not this particular design's purpose.
The primary concept of the dagger, is to project the same amount of force, but have less surface area "out front" to improve penetration. So while requiring more precision to effect quickly-debilitating wounds, it lessens the amount of work necessary to make the hole.
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That is an understandable reason but......if the resistance of tissue along a blade is proportional to the 'work' needed to penetrate, wouldn't any double edged blade with a tapered point penetrate just as well as a dagger design? The chances of hitting bone are obviously less with a more tapered blade but with enough 'force' thin bone may be less of a barrier to continued penetration than with a broader blade??
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