Sorry Terry but you are wrong. Yes it, an SD, could be used as a weapon and no doubt was used as such on occasion, but it's original and more usual use was as a tool, it still is----- slicing an apple, peeling an apple, cutting string, cutting a slice of cheese, etc.. Before the days of knives and forks for example it was used to eat with and you brought your own tool as the host did not provide one. Cutting off a chunk of meat or bread for example was a far better and cleaner option than using ones fingers. If you look at the design of a SD you will quickly see that as some sort of Ninja fighting knife it is not, it's far too frail. Actually the dirk is a much better design for close fighting and that was its use.
I am afraid you, among so many, have got yourself caught up in romantic tommyrot as far as the SD is concerned.
Last edited by Jock Scot; 26th May 17 at 06:59 AM.
Reason: found my glasses.
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