Fangs of the Serpent Dagger from Conan the Barbarian: Great Fantasy Weapon?

The Fangs of the Serpent dagger from Conan the Barbarian is an amazingly iconic fantasy weapon. While visiting Windlass in India I got to look at their replica.
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[@Tadicuslegion78]

King Osric : There comes a time, thief, when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and all that is left is a father's love for his child.

[@Dalboni]

This dagger is a statement more than a weapon. Heavy, showy, with an easily identifiable sting. "I don't care and I don't hide"

[@matthewzito6130]

Makes sense. The dagger that King Osric shows Conan was apparently left behind like a calling card.

[@markwuahlbuargg4780]

It sends a message, loud and clear: About the wearer's allegiance to the cult and more broadly about the cult itself; to their willingness to use violence to silence, intimidate or coerce. It is more a tool of propaganda than it is a weapon.

[@havoc3mr]

It definitely is a religious-based symbol used to send a msg as much as kill. I think that it was supposed to be poisoned (snakes and all), and used that way it would likely be effective, as those points look like they would penetrate well for at least a couple of inches... which seems to work for me;)

[@Fardawg]

@@markwuahlbuargg4780 And the Doom cult was inspired by the Manson family.

[@Pilgrim98]

​@@markwuahlbuargg4780 and the fact that it leaves two poisonous bites makes it really similar to the bite of a snake

[@jeremynedrow7003]

I hope 4 inches is enough 😂.I grew up loving the Conan movies.I am a big fan of his sword.

[@sameerthakur720]

Some experts (hot babes) I know, have told me that even 5 inches is too small for effective penetration.😂

[@MasoTrumoi]

It's definitely a neat design, if it was shaped that way to inject poison (maybe fed through the mouths of the serpents) then it would be a slam dunk for me.

[@sovereigndayyouthkafir3943]

If it's made of brass, it doesn't need poison, since brass in human blood does nasty things. Double puncture wounds would be very hard to close back in antiquity, too.

[@FoxtrotFleet]

I believe the point of the weapon is to brutally assassinate someone publicly and be attributed to Thulsa Doom's will. For use outside of that, yeah I agree some poison would be a neat addition.

[@ninja393]

Yessss, even just some grooves to hold some poison would be so cool. The victims would have that signature double puncture wound and the weight would probably help with the dramatic overhand stab that would almost certainly be done so the viewer could see the shadowed outline of the baddy and the drops of poison falling from the points.

[@patron8597]

I don't think the main point of the dagger was concealment, it was both ritualistic and to send a message. Everyone could possibly stab a king, but getting stabbed by this means "This was an assassin sent by ME, Doom." It wouldn't even need to be an successful assassination, as shown in the movie. Besides, the blade would 100% be poisoned, increasing its effectiveness.

[@robfromjersey7899]

The designers must contemplate more efficient designs on the Tree of Woe.

[@wompa70]

It also needs to be big to be seen well on screen. I love the whole world of Conan. The movies, comics, books, etc.

[@alessandroguarrera2203]

@@Hieronymous_Flex For sure; Howard was a contemporary of Lovecraft, and shared many of the same views. They are very much of their time, and while Howard might have been 'forward-thinking' in some respects, he was very much a man of his day, and unfortunately, a deeply troubled soul.

[@toolthoughts]

Ritual weapons are often not that practical. It is a handsome and imposing design for sure.

[@mielivalta]

We have a "cult" (about 50 members) and we gather every year on a secluded cabin to watch the original Conan the Barbarian in home theatre while drinking "eye of the serpent bunch" with proper rituals. We also have have barbarian themed Olympics and quiz. Also C64 Barbarian tournament and other barbaric activities.

[@ArifRWinandar]

It's not about the penetration, it's about sending a message.

[@dungeonsanddobbers2683]

Like a few other people have pointed out in the comments, this isn't _just_ an assassination tool, it also serves as a ritual device and terror tool. While not outright stated in the film, it is heavily implied that the Fangs of the Serpent is a test of loyalty/cleansing ritual where the supplicant is tasked to kill a family member in order to remove an obstacle preventing them from reaching "emptiness", and with the target being a family member (someone the cultist would have near unrestricted access to) the dagger can be a big, showy piece.

[@sanguinemoon9201]

Conan...the greatest man's movie of all time. A story of courage, love, redemption, retribution, and of rising up against the odds.

[@jessecunningham9924]

This what anthropologists and archeologists call a “ceremonial” dagger. It’s definitely for show, or for a ritual purpose. But it’s from a movie, so…it’s gotta be big enough to see in screen!

[@ravensbeakforge1747]

conan the barbarian is one of my favourite films. I even forged a conan inspired sword

[@QuentinStephens]

More! I love how you're clearly having a great time.

[@Camcolito]

Conan the Barbarian is one of the best movies of all time. Change my mind!

[@Iwouldlikesomeshisha]

Change? You're objectively right.

[@Avalanche616]

2011 Was more accurate to Howards vision thus, is superior.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

The Soundtrack is in the S tier of greatest soundtracks of all time.

[@morelenmir]

No need to change your mind! You are absolutely right--certainly the best of all the 1980's flirtation with heroic romance/sword and sorcery. A serious film about a silly topic that somehow manages to work perfectly!

[@Avalanche616]

@@Tadicuslegion78 Strong Agree, composed by Basil Poledouris top 5 if not the best.

[@jlworrad]

I suppose the two pronged thing works because, should the assassin escape with the blade, the wounds are easy to define. It’s a calling card.

[@screwtape2713]

Plus the wounds it leaves would look like they were made by a serpent's fangs -- again in keeping with a snake cult.

[@jlworrad]

@@screwtape2713 Yup! It’s great brand PR all round.

[@thechroniclesofthegnostic7107]

Cool that you're going over the Conan stuff, Matt! A few observations as you do. 😏 Going all the way back to me being into REH material (and actually a REHupa member) since the early 1980s. First, on the dagger, I always presumed it was a poisoned weapon. Hence the double points, and shallow penetration. (Since we never see the back side in the film, not to mention it looks bronze and thus would be cast, I always also thought the back side to have a hollow form to lighten the weight.) Now, since you're likely to go forward to the Father's and Atlantean swords soon... 😜 Yup, the Father's sword is cast, not forged. The source of *endless* criticism. But for *decades* (on record!) I've argued that it's because *it's not actually steel* . Don't forget, the Father's sword *breaks* against the Atlantean. Ergo, it would be both accurate and poignant if Conan's father only *thought* he'd found the secret of steel--when in fact what he had was one of the silvery colored bronze alloys like cupronickel. And finally the Atlantean. Ah, that ridiculous *weight* . Unless... Unless--speaking of bronze again, but now what perhaps *shouldn't* be... If that hilt furniture is instead a bronze *looking* material, but is instead a very hard wood with metallic painting or leaf? (In fact I bought a Windlass replica precisely because I found out, when it's disassembled, the blade per se isn't so bad at all, and I plan to carve accurate hilt furniture from ironwood instead to see if we can get something with decent handling. ) Anyway, just thought I'd share the--to me, surprisingly easy--"fixes" I see, and have for a long time, by which the common criticisms are averted. (And don't even get me started on HOW often I feel the "Riddle of Steel" is grossly misinterpreted. 😜 )

[@Avalanche616]

Fantastic insight and observation.

[@tryingtotryistrying]

how does riddle of steel get misinterpreted?

[@thechroniclesofthegnostic7107]

@@tryingtotryistrying Well, if you asked... 😏 It's interpreted unilaterally, and overwhelmingly in a facile acceptance of Thulsa Doom's assertion that "flesh is stronger." But... was *his* flesh stronger than the steel (or maybe even just shattered *bronze* 😏) of Conan's father's sword?? Yet we can't deny the strength of the demonstration earlier, when Doom was making his assertion, of the power of flesh either. Steel is inert and requires flesh, sentience, intentionality behind it. Flesh that does, inevitably, literally or to the metaphorical blade of Entropy, still yield to "steel." Both are stronger. Neither are stronger. And, as befitting the mind of filmmaker Milius, who has referred to himself as a "Zen anarchist"? Ultimately a paradox.

[@yynderjohn]

where can you get these replicas?

[@thechroniclesofthegnostic7107]

@@yynderjohn Well, Windlass makes them, but I got lucky last year; they often seem out of stock everywhere. 😔

[@Somewhat-Evil]

I see it more as a dark ritualistic item than a weapon. It's used by cultists to sacrifice their loved ones to Set, not for combat.

[@GUNNER67akaKelt]

Yeah, it's more of a sacrificial dagger than anything else.

[@amaniandrus260]

Have fun in India Mat cant wait to see what else you find over there to show us

[@Avalanche616]

- The Eye of the Serpent was a ruby of religious significance, so the eye sculpted in the "dagger" just above the serpents heads has it's symbolism of Thulsa Doom witnessing the event. The dagger is called the Fangs of the Serpent. This is an executioner's implement to be used on a helpless, drugged, or religiously consenting sacrifice. King Osric describes the "dagger" thrusted through a father's heart by his son. Since we are talking about the Hyborian Age, we can't ignore the possibility that these implements were enchanted or cursed, since famously King Osric is killed off after he offers Conan a king's ransom for his daughter (in a deleted scene) The movie then writes in exposition that Osric is indeed alive and paid Conan for the return of his daughter. Thanks John Milius. Little bit about Thulsa Doom: In the actual story from Robert E Howard the Snake cultists name is Thoth Amon, and while he was a devotee of Set, he actually got his powers from a ring that belonged to a forgotten Lovecraftian eldritch being known as the Grim Grey God. While the cult was snake themed, Thoth Amon had little connection to the cult other than political and Theological authority. Thulsa Doom was a necromancer in a tower with no cultists but hordes of undead and monsters and he was the antagonist of Kull of Atlantis rather than Conan the Barbarian. Conan and Thoth Amon never met face to face. Director John Milius Changed the names of the two characters for his own purpose and gave James Earl Jones an Atlantean Background for no reason. Milius made a lot of arbitrary changes to all the lore for his own whims, with no regard to Robert E Howards Work. The soundtrack composed by Basil Poledouris being the best part of that film. Funny enough, the 2011 movie was more accurate to the spirit of Conan than its predecessor, but got a lot of hate for no good reason I have heard, other than a raging rod erection for nostalgia.

[@jacquesdespadas]

In the early 1990s Hibben made a series of daggers, one of which had a "split" blade--I'm now guessing inspired by the snake dagger you are highlighting. It was heavy af and seriously off-balance, but to a barely 20 something into Sci Fi/Fantasy, it looked pretty cool.

[@williampalmer8052]

"Is there a dagger such as this in her hand for me?" I think the actual movie version was smaller though.

[@s.p..smdness8748]

I think it has more to do with most actors being tall as hell in this movie.

[@williampalmer8052]

@@s.p..smdness8748 True, they were some big guys, but I think Matt's not exactly a twerp himself. Actually, I just looked up the King Osric scene, and his dagger is definitely smaller there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4e3gJSdZtGEfsU

[@PaIaeoCIive1684]

Maybe a suitably smaller version was given to female assassins? The one in the film almost stuck in King Osric was thrust by his daughter.

[@Ozzborn85]

It's been a while since a good ol' Matt's penetration pun... you still have it good sir! :D

[@FellVoice]

Can't wait to see the rest of the weapons from the Con collection. I saw the movie in theatres as a kid and it remains one of my favorite movies till this day, easily in my top 10.

[@Krater84]

Very true! Why would anybody need more then 4 inches? That's plenty to satisfy any possible requirement.

[@nullifye7816]

The idea of a multi-pronged dagger creating multiple large, difficult-to-seal wound channels rather than just slightly enlarging one wound channel is clever, possibly indeed increasingly the lethality of a single strike and complicating surgery. The theme overall reminds me of a Serbian epic poem, in which the hero is reminded to use his "twin snakes", a reference to his two backup daggers, should the fight become dirty (the tale of Kraljevic Marko and Musa Kesedzija).

[@digitaljanus]

I wonder how much of the weight and size was dictated by needing to be a film prop. If it was smaller, would it be able to have the same level of detail?

[@TheBaconWizard]

It certainly would have been harder to make out of foam or whatever they used, as a film-prop.

[@Fardawg]

Most of the people holding these prop weapons were huge themselves. A normal person holding the Atlantean sword looks very different to when Arnold holds it. Max Von Sydow was also an imposing dude and the dagger doesn't look nearly that big in his hands. If we had seen it in the hands of the actress playing his daughter, it would have looked ridiculously big.

[@TheBaconWizard]

@@Fardawg Didn't know that, thanks

[@dlatrexswords]

Thanks for showing this off! I hope all of your travels were safe Matt!

[@GUNNER67akaKelt]

I have this dagger! It's not very practical, true, but I wouldn't want to be stabbed with it either. A favorite of mine, anyway. I saw this thing in Conan all those decades ago and man, I wanted it. Only took me about 30 years to get it, hehe.

[@zenhydra]

In your hand, you hold my light, the gleam in the eye of Set.

[@williamarthur4801]

You lucky so and so, I too remember going to see the first film, and even have the dvd, so tonight's viewing sorted.

[@markfergerson2145]

When you were a teenager. Thanks Matt, nobody’s made me feel old all day. Until now. It is indeed a perfectly fine fantasy weapon for its intended task, bigger than would be appropriate in the real world. It’s meant to be intimidating in the extreme assuming the victim sees it coming. I can’t remember if it was meant to be left in the wound to send a message to whoever finds the body. If so that’s another level of intimidation.

[@the_guitarcade]

It's also larger than it would need to be for effective real use because CRT TVs only produced resolutions equivalent to 240p or 480p, and the extra size made the detail visible.

[@dutch6857]

This really calls back to some older Todd's Workshop videos about movie weapons vs. historical weapons. Are there lots of better blades for an actual fight? Yep. Does the design instantly tell a story on screen, no explanation needed? Very yep.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

IIRC the point is that the person using it is a trusted member of the target's household. You feed the target more wine than they'd normally have at dinner, maybe with a little extra something to help the sleep more heavily, walk straight past any guards ("I must see my father the King immediately! I'm the princess and you haven't even got a name tag."), line up the points so you go between the ribs and right into the aortic arch, and unless your victim is a proper fat pie, 4 inches is plenty.

[@kaoskronostyche9939]

I've been do Dehradun riding an Enfield 350 through the Himalayan Foothills in 1996. Wasn't into swords then. Would have been soo cool to drop by the factory. I sure hope you are having fun in India, Matt - I loved India and have been there three times. Cheers!

[@hyttennis]

Loving the Conan-themed content!

[@Fardawg]

The original Conan stands above the crowd for its production design (a lot of it by the late, great Ron Cobb, including the two main swords). Very few fantasy films had or have the kind of verisimilitude that Conan did. It is one of my favorite films and the designs hold up perfectly to this day IMO. I think Weta Workshop is one of the few that bring that kind of quality to projects. While some of the weapons look huge when normal sized people hold them, the near giants they were made for, Arnold, Sydow, William Smith, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Ben Davidson and even James Earl Jones made them look appropriate.

[@TheUncleRuckus]

Omfg I am so jelly right now!! I LOVE Conan, I've always wanted a working replica of Conan the Destroyer "Hero" sword.

[@willek1335]

Looking great! ❤

[@staticdynamic1605]

Loved this!

[@sesfilmsllc]

“She follows him as a slave. Seeking for the truth of her soul. As if I could not give it to her!”

[@wylde_hunter]

Brilliant! Took me back to the 80s. Strong serpent symbolism - a great sacrificial dagger to be used by a powerful man or being.

[@raydrexler5868]

I would expect a weapon called the fangs of the serpent to be poisoned. Therefore penetration isn’t really an issue. Please, if you haven’t, read the original Robert E, Howard Cohen and stories. I would love to hear your thoughts on the weapons that he describes in the books. It’s a completely different thing than the movies.

[@Gilleban]

The weight and shape make perfect sense in the context (sorry, couldn't resist) of the film...by being heavy it could potentially kill better with a downward stabbing action, and four inches of penetration is plenty if stabbed into the heart of a sleeping victim.

[@morelenmir]

Were the daggers not also laced with poison, hence the limited... ahm... penetration? It has been more than forty years since I read Spague de Camp's novelisation though, so I may well be wrong! The 'father sword' and the especially Conan's own sword made from Atlantean Steel look absolutely brilliant in that display case! Oddly enough I read the supposed--and surprisingly detailed--forging process that was depicted in the film and especially the book would have made absolutely _horrible_ quality steel at the end of it! It was no surprise the ancient, but massively technologically advanced Atlantean relic broke it without difficulty.

[@whyjay9959]

Since the one in the movie was used on the assassin's father, maybe extra weight is helpful when the target is sleeping.

[@rickeymariu1]

One of my favs!

[@dearcastiel4667]

Quick check: - Chonky: doesn't really matter, it's a stabbing dagger to assassinate, not a fighting weapon - Penetration: long enough to hit any organ from the front, exept maybe the kidneys - 2 blades: they are very thin, penetration won't be an issue, I'd worry more about getting them stuck around a bone And most important: it'd be easy to make a version with edges to increase effectiveness.

[@CESSKAR]

I love that movie.

[@LittleRabbit1138]

All of the Conan the Barbarian weapons are absolutely PERFECT fantasy weapons... Practical, no... historically accurate, not really... But... They all look fuckin' great on film, and fit the workd of the movie

[@bruisedhelmet8819]

Now I wanna go back and watch Conan and introduce the kiddies to the classis.

[@snarkywriter1317]

I'd guess the size is also bigger than would be expected so that it reads easier on camera (similar to why Desert Eagles are used so often in films and TV shows).

[@velazquezarmouries]

That handle with a normal blade would be real cool

[@LXEagle]

Cool I hope you do more Conan weapons/armor reviews on the channel. That dagger is probably the signum of a cultist loyal to Thulsa Doom but doesn´t it also look a bit like a syringe? I imagine it would contain poison. Maybe two types one for each fang. It is also very heavy looking as was the style of these movies, very nice. So maybe it is kind of a club/bludgeon when not injecting venom into people.

[@andreweden9405]

I can't believe you were at the Windlass headquarters!😮

[@scholagladiatoria]

Yeah I was there for most of the week. More videos coming :-)

[@robertpatter5509]

I own a J. Nowill & Son Fairbairn Sykes "WASP" dagger. It weighs about 263.6 grams. Very lightweight.

[@futurepig]

Two wavy points are not very good for penetration, but the real lethal power of the dagger was probably magical, not physical. Knowing Thulsa Doom's style, it was probably a pair of real snakes he turned into metal using a spell.

[@iljagobeyn8914]

late reply, but in the games and comics, the Fangs of the serpent are ritual daggers foree the bloot offerings to set. They aren't used for combat in those settings, it was cool to see it in the movie though.

[@caesarmendez6782]

When you say "Fantasy dagger" I say (Loony Right-Wing) 'Hollywood Bull-Chip/Sheep-Dip'. I've been reading R.E. Howard's stories for a decade before the movie. The flick is a miss-mash of elements from a variety of Howard works. That snake-dagger you were talking about was inspired from a non-Conan, straight adventure story set in the Middle/Far East. The movie's villain was never part of the Conan cycle of stories but a different cycle of stories which he appeared in only one (Delcardes' Cat/The Cat & the Skull); though Howard created a villain that was based on the Doom character for one story in his Conan cycle (The Phoenix on the Sword) .

[@EriktheRed2023]

If you're as cool as Max von Sydow, it even functions as a thrown weapon. But I guess most assassins don't reach that high.

[@GUNNER67akaKelt]

If you could throw it well, it would NOT be fun to be on the receiving end. It's quite heavy.

[@VieneLea]

3:25 that smile...

[@CrimeVid]

I read somewhere that some of the early FS daggers had 9” blades (apropos sweet fa !)

[@ooainaught]

The two holes it would leave would also look like a snake bite and, with some poison, leave the victim looking like a very large snake had killed them.

[@tasatort9778]

I believe they were poisoned if I remember correctly.

[@Avalanche616]

They were smeared with poison, and since this was the Hyborian age, possibly cursed or enchanted.

[@TimParker-Chambers]

That's an interesting piece 👍👍👍👍 It reminds me of the twin-bladed push-dagger on the cover of the Eric Lustbader novel 'Second Skin'. If you're a fan of Conan, the channel 'Boomer Channel', has uploads of the TV series Conan: The Adventurer, with Ralf Moeller in the role of Conan 👍👍👍👍

[@shovelchop81bikeralex52]

Cool! Shouldn't it technically be made of cast iron? After all, Thulsa Doom was on the quest for the 'riddle of steel' ;-). Probably had poison on the tips too.

[@ivanharlokin]

Or perhaps bronze, considering that Stygia is kind of a fantasy ancient Egypt 🤔

[@shovelchop81bikeralex52]

@@ivanharlokin True as I have replica of his helmet and it is a slightly greenish grey that could be imitating verdigre the coating that brass and bronze develop with age.

[@Han-rw9ev]

I'm thinking you could probably bash someone with it, and the pointed tips might go through certain types of mail, kind of like a fantasy equivalent of a rondel dagger. Add a bit of poison, and it might be effective again people wearing certain types of armour..

[@GUNNER67akaKelt]

You could use it as a mace, lol.

[@tihlsteinig2465]

For the the ritual kills, isn't pretty normal? I guess.

[@MattsGreatHall]

I can see it as a functional meat skewer, not much else though

[@Avalanche616]

Exactly used as intended. No one is in full combat with the Fangs of the Serpent in hand. This is an executioner's implement to be used on a helpless, drugged, or religiously consenting sacrifice.

[@Kamamura2]

If it actually turned into two snakes that would slither away after stabbing someone, I would consider buying it - because then it would indeed be a perfect assassination weapon.

[@KaelaMensha]

Matt, ask Todd to make a more practical version of this dagger.

[@brycesagner4497]

Speaking of Conan what about the swords in the 2011 film? And the idea of fire and ice to forge a sword?

[@bigsiege1848]

Matt does India!

[@FarmerRiddick]

That weapon makes a statement and doubles as a calling card. Plus, it makes a point - twice over! Conan the Barbarian made a huge impact on me as well. Approaching a half century ago when I started to play Dungeons and Dragons. Still do! Such a nerd I am! 🥸

[@skjaldulfr]

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[@markwaldron8954]

Could possibly also work as a parrying weapon, to be held in one's non-dominant hand, with a sword in the dominant hand.

[@LordBilliam]

Not sure why it needs even the handle when they could use the intertwined snake section as the grip, but I guess that probably wouldn't translate well to the big screen

[@iollan286]

I don't think I've ever in my life seen a fantasy weapon that would have been as practical in real life as a real life weapon would have been. Fantasy writers want to invent unique weapons for their worlds, which means they can't be the same as anything from real life. The trouble is, we real life humans have spent so many millenia fighting and killing each other that we've already invented basically every good weapon that could possibly exist given our level of technology, and the only weapons which we haven't invented yet but which would be possible at our level of technology, are the ones which just aren't very good. Therefore of course the weapons which aren't very good are the ones invented by fantasy writers.

[@adwarfsittingonagiantsshoulder]

Conan the Barbarian movie has really nice and well thought weapons that are believable (quite unusual for a sword and sorcery movie from the 80ies... was in in the Sword and the Sorcerer that there was some sort of triple sword that could propulse blades as if there where rockets ?!?... so dumb). And Windlass really made honnor to the Conan movie with really cool repros !

[@ptonpc]

Not only did the triple sword fire blades (I think the practical FX were a hollow tube and compressed gas) no one ever fitted new blades on screen but it always had the full set, so either someone is carrying reloads or it is 'magic'.

[@indigenous7046]

I've got Conan's sword, that's a lump and a half.

[@karlsmith2570]

Hey Matt Any chance of you doing a review of the power sword from "Masters Of The Universe"??

[@shinjofox]

I would think the extra weight could help if it is a downward strike with the weapon.

[@TheHonoredMadman]

Subotais blade next?

[@rickardberglund1564]

nice video

[@bintjbeil7892]

Holy crap, is that MF DOOM in the background?!

[@educationaldm4700]

It looks as it would be quite unwieldy. However, it wouldn't need to do much in the way of damage or penetrate very deeply if, as the name suggests, it was a method for delivering a deadly toxin.

[@weaselrampant]

If the snake tails were hollow to deliver poison, it would probably be a lot lighter.

[@raphlvlogs271]

this seems to be more similar to a sai than a dagger

[@Eckister]

3:28 .... well that took a turn... XDDDD

[@lasselen9448]

You could do the same thing with snake engravings on a proper blade, but... It wouldn't be over-the-top enough for the setting.

[@xenomorphphantom8852]

To be honest about the weight,it's supposed to be carried BY ALL kinds of persons,women,children,men old and young etc. The weight would help drive the pointy side into it's intended target....and most likely those tips were supposed to be smeared on some poison. Not really an specialized weapon,more like a symbol of status among the sect members.

[@grinreaper2774]

I allways figured it was more a calling card then a weapon, leave it in the body fof the person assassinated. I doubt they even killed with them

[@mattdowds8505]

Imagine finding a body with 2 puncture marks & you discover they were killed by venom, would you assume it was a human or a snake that killed them? Maybe a human in snake form, like Thulsa Doom... That would be a great way to spread your infamy.

[@GodzillasaurusJr]

I believe the specific assassin use for this weapon is for targeting your parents in their sleep before you head out to the good old cult jamboree.

[@ryklatortuga4146]

Larry Holmes would approve of this dagger and the presenter. Well, his boxing nickname would.

[@kajlennartsson4234]

Hello Matt. Who is your favourite actor that played Conan the Barbarian?

[@rdf098311]

I once bottomed out at about 4 inches, leaving the other 4 unused. She loved it.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Is it April1 again