Approved Tech The Alder Dagger

[Jacen Alder]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To provide [member="Jacen Alder"] a personal weapon.
• Image Source: http://www.thetacticalknives.com/best-combat-knife/
• Canon Link: N/A
• Primary Source: N/A

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: N/A
• Affiliation: [member="Jacen Alder"]
• Model: N/A
• Modularity: None
• 
  Production: Unique
  
• Material: Brass - Pummel | Balster Wood - Handle | Leather - Handle | Phrik - Blade | Leather - Sheath

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Dagger
• Size: Small
• Weight: Average

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Phrik Blade - Lightsaber resistance is provided via the phrik blade of the dagger.

Strengths:

• Phrik Blade - Lightsaber resistance is provided due to the material the blade is made from.
• Brass Pummel - As well as a stabby and slashy weapon, this dagger can also be used for pummel shots and in turn blunt force damage

Weaknesses:

• Short - A weapon that requires lots of close fighting, the risk of death increases when using this weapon.
• Brittle - The handle is pretty easy to break and therefore the weaoon is useless.

DESCRIPTION

A family hairloom, stained with blood. Originally made by the great ancestor of Jacen Alder the weapon was designed to be passed from generaton to generation. The weapon, while designed to be dangerous was never designed to be used, it was supposed to just look pretty on a mantle. It lost that function when Jacen Alder used it to slaughter the family that he had. The blade was used to cut cheeks and throats, the point and the edge both coming in useful in the murder. The lack of blood on the pummel suggests that it wasn't used for blunt force fighting.

It was later found stuck into his thigh, causing severe bleeding. Once removed and the wound was healed, the knife was returned to it's rightful owner. The weapon, the dagger would then become Jacen Alder's primary weapon while in Sith Training and his secondary weapon while in combat. The weapon's purpose during combat is to serve as an up close stabby tool but can also be used to beat a brain into jam or slash a throat to cause bleeding damage. The weapon is also a good backup weapon if everything goes very, very wrong.

 

[Vora Kaar]

[member="Jacen Alder"],

K-bar knives, or full length knives such as these tend to have what is called "Full tang" where the blade extends down into the handle so that the only thing that can break on the handle are the scales. (Grip be it made of wood or rubber or whatever) So there is no need to have the following weakness.

Brittle - The handle is pretty easy to break and therefore the weaoon is useless.

 

[Jacen Alder]

[member="Auberon"]

This was never designed to be a K-Bar knife, therefore the weakness still stands.

 

[Vora Kaar]

Approved.