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					Originally Posted by milandro  Most probably its quality of execution far out-performs function.
 
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 This is absolutely true. But knives/daggers  varied in their sophistication and quality of execution depending on the status of their owner. 
 A garden variety  Misericorde dagger was just kind of  narrow stabbing blade with a minimalistic handle. But a rich man could have ordered a " work of art".