Talk:Shortwings/@comment-67.140.216.113-20161221021102/@comment-32259297-20170921060546

@HazelQuill7445 Well, it was the wrong decision. Size doesn't even have to come into it: Russel's blades are not daggers because they're not *shaped* like daggers and therefore are incapable of serving the *function* of a dagger.

First two sentences of the Wikipedia article:

"A dagger is a knife with a very sharp point and two or more sharp edges. Typically designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon."

Russel's weapons have a single edge, and despite their sharpened points everything about their shape- the degree of blade curvature, the awkwardly large size of the weapon, and the style of hilt- makes them unsuitable as primarily stabbing weapons. Russel even holds them completely wrong for being daggers. Russel's blades are from the same family as *cutlasses*. Specifically, they're butterfly swords.