I was recently contacted by someone through my FB page asking about a dagger I made several years ago (2016?). He wanted to know if I could make another one and how much it would cost. Now you know why I use templates! I have the blade, guard, and handle templates from this dagger and can reproduce a fairly accurate copy.
This is a 9-bar blade, and it's accordion cut, so I need a big hunk of steel. Here is the starting billet.
3.25" x 1.5" x 5.5"