Romantics choose a sword. Barbarians choose an axe. Maniacs choose a hammer. But the truly practical among us choose a knife.

Easy to conceal, efficient to use, and simple to dispose of, daggers offer the shortest, surest path to success for those with steady enough nerves to get within arm’s reach of their quarry. Given that power over life and death can be realized in something as inexpensive and easy to procure as a curved bit of metal or bone, there’s something darkly democratic about a small blade. No wonder it’s been the tool of choice for revolutionaries and assassins since the dawn of time.

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