The latest addition to our Man at Arms series, our Shell Guard style “Main Gauche” is a parrying dagger designed to be used in conjunction with a longer blade. Its lengthy solid steel quillions and shell guard protect the users hand from incoming attacks while offering plenty of leverage for deflecting, parrying and temporarily binding the opponent’s blade. Our Shell Guard Dagger is beautifully balanced, with a sturdy pommel counter balancing its stiff and sharp 12.5″ blade. Lustrously blued to a deep black luster, with an aged leather grip, it’s as good looking as it is effective! Specifications: Blade Length: 12 1/2″ Blade Thickness: 5.5 mm Overall Length: 19 1/2″ Steel: 1090 Carbon Weight: 22.4 oz Handle: 7″ Scabbard: Leather Scabbard with Blued Steel Fittings
Cold Steel, Incorporated was founded in 1980, a company dedicated to making the strongest, sharpest knives in the world. Superblades has been a retailer of Cold steel’s for over 15 years now and we are convinced they are among the best knives and swords in the world.
Over the last three decades, Cold Steel has been at the forefront of the many innovations that have helped to define the knife industry as a whole. Progressive accomplishment, including the introduction of the checked Kraton® handles, and the tanto point blade styles have gone from curiously interesting features to industry-wide hallmarks of quality and sophistication. New ground was also broken with the introduction of unique new blade steels like San Mai III® and Tri-Ad™ Lock & locking mechanism for folding knives. Tri-Ad™ Lock for example, has never been equaled by any of Cold Steel's competitors and nothing they have produced yet has been proven to outperform it.
We have tested the Tri-Ad lock here as well and found it to be second to none in strength and durability.
Of course, Cold Steel will always look to the future, constantly striving to make the world's strongest, sharpest knives. That goal as elusive and difficult to achieve as it is, has been the same for the past thirty years. We here at Superblades will always continue to support and represent Cold Steel as a premium brand.
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