Description
A push dagger is held in a fist rather than a grip: the blade sits between your knuckles and points wherever your hand points. The Kippah is that layout in D2, with a deep-engraved skull worked into the metal and antique tooth for the handle.
| Blade length | 4 inches |
| Steel | D2 tool steel |
| Handle | Antique tooth on an engraved D2 frame |
| Included | Hand-stitched leather sheath |
Built for: collectors of odd historical formats, and anyone who wants a display piece with real steel behind it. This is not the knife you will use to break down cardboard. The T-shaped grip is a specialist design and its appeal is mostly in the engraving and the handle material.
Care: wipe the D2 down after handling and keep a light film of oil on it, applied with a cloth and worked into the engraved lines with a soft brush. Rust starts in cut lines, where a paper towel cannot reach. The antique tooth is the fragile half: keep it away from direct sun, radiators and car interiors, all of which will dry and check it over time. Never run it under a tap. A dry cloth and an occasional touch of paste wax is the entire routine.
Why this layout is so unusual
Everything about it differs from a normal knife. You cannot choke up on the blade, you cannot use a saber grip, and slicing motions are awkward because your wrist does not travel that way. What it gives you instead is straight-line force with almost no chance of the handle twisting. Historically that was the point. Practically, for most owners today, it means the piece lives on a shelf or in a case rather than on a belt, and several states restrict this format specifically. Check your own statute before ordering. If the category itself is new to you, start with what separates a dagger from a knife.
Living with D2
D2 is a tool steel, not a stainless one, whatever its chromium content suggests. It holds an edge a long time and it is stubborn to sharpen, so plan on a diamond plate rather than a soft natural stone. It will also spot if you leave fingerprints on it in a humid room. On a piece like this, where engraving runs deep into the flats, that matters more than usual. Our steel comparison sets D2 against the alternatives.
FAQs
How long is it overall? Our sheet records the four-inch blade and nothing else. The T-grip adds roughly the width of a fist, but no overall figure exists on our sheet and we will not guess at one here. Ask us before ordering if it matters for a display case.
Is the engraving cut or stamped? Cut. You can catch the depth with a fingernail, and the lines are not perfectly uniform the way a die-struck pattern would be. That irregularity is the tell.
Will D2 rust on me? Only if you ignore it for weeks. It sits between carbon and stainless: far more forgiving than 1095, far less bulletproof than 440C. If you want a push dagger you can genuinely neglect, this steel is the wrong pick. For contrast, a full-size chef knife is the same workshop aimed at something you will cut with daily.
Model: Bmk-1100
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