Talk:Stiletto

The Canadian Oxford describes a stiletto as a short dagger with a thick blade, but this article describes it as having a long and slender blade. Is one of the two wrong?--Sonjaaa (talk) 00:55, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

• Far be it from me to criticize Canadian dictionaries, but have you ever seen a 'short, thick' stiletto - either as a bladed weapon or a heel on a lady's shoe? Remember, the original stiletto was designed to pass through openings in armour - small ones. One can argue how long is 'long', but the stiletto was always fairly long as knife blades go. It was favored as a weapon of assassination, where a long blade was needed to instantly incapacitate vital organs or sever deep arteries without excessive gore. William E. Fairbairn, a close-combat instructor and acknowledged expert on silent killing with the knife, later discovered the same advantages when he developed a slender-bladed fighting dagger optimized for thrusting with an extremely pointed tip. When asked why his F-S fighting knife had the appearance of a modern stiletto - long, slender, and acutely pointed - Fairbairn replied "It doesn't leave any marks on the body. Scarcely more than a tiny drop of blood."(see: Dunlop, Richard, Behind Japanese Lines: With the OSS in Burma, New York: Time Life Books, ISBN 0809485796, 9780809485796 (1991)) Dellant (talk) 05:31, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Stiletto Titanium Tool

The 'Stiletto Titanium Tool' section has literally nothing to do with stiletto daggers. Stiletto Titanium Tool Company sells hand tools for construction, and not daggers of any kind. That section is essentially an advertisement. I apologize for not posting here properly or deleting the section myself (registered signature and all that), but I came here interested in knowing more about stiletto daggers and it pissed me off when I saw an advertisement.155.101.197.196 (talk) 02:53, 11 June 2013 (UTC) I wouldn't exactly call it an advertisement but it has nothingto do with the article. removed.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 20:37, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Very interesting article! I collect modern day stillettos Is there a museum

Very interesting weapons. I collect various (mostly switch blade) stilletos. Is there any museum or museum collection specializes in Stiletto knives?Eddson storms (talk) 08:44, 17 December 2016 (UTC) Thanks!