PugJesusApr 27, 2025

Combination pistols and push-dagger, India, 19th century AD

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Show threadStrawberryPigtailsApr 28, 2025
That might be the first potentially effective combination gun/knife I’ve ever heard of. Though I don’t know much about push knives save that they weren’t particularly common.
Show threadSquiffSquiff

Struggling to see how this knife design could be an advantage in most circumstances:

  • Very little space behind blade for tang- likely to break off from mount
  • weapon takes up a great deal of space when not in use (for any weapon, you’re normally carrying it rather than using it than 95% of the time you have it with you)
  • compels user to adopt only a single grip requiring significant grip strength simply in order to punch with sufficient force whilst not breaking your wrist

Surely when it comes to armour piercing something like a stiletto would be much better

Apr 28, 2025 at 7:01amWeb