Salazar's dagger?

[sachmet96]

No: HPFGUIDX 88631

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Berit Jakobsen" 
<belijako at o...> wrote:
> We are already well acquainted with Godric'¨s silver sword set with 
> egg-sized rubies in the handle; the Gryffindor weapon. I wonder 
> whether we've already met Salazar's weapon? Anyone else noticed the 
> silver dagger at the end of GoF?
> 
> Quote: "He [Wormtail] pulled a long, thin, shining silver dagger 
from 
> inside his robes... 'Flesh - of the servant - w-willingly given - 
you 
> will - revive - your master.'" (GoF p. 556 UK Ed). Wormtail then 
> proceeds to cut off his own hand.
> 
> No mention of any precious stones or the like on the handle of the  
> dagger, but apart from that I find it interesting that it is made 
of 
> silver; not just steel, signifying it is expensively wrought... Any 
> thoughts as to whether this could be our first glimpse of the 
> Slytherin weapon?
> 

sachmet96
I always thought the dagger was only a ceremonial dagger and never 
used for a 'real' weapon as silver is a very soft material and just 
not suited for weapons of any kind as it would dent as soon as it 
hit/was hit by most other weapons/things. So it is actually quite 
useless. Of course you can still kill people by stabbing or such but 
I don't think Salazar would have such a weapon as one of a stronger 
material would have been more useful. I can't see Salazar with such a 
weapon, but of course he could have had it to show off. 

And I can't remember but is Godric's sword really made of silver, 
wouldn't that indicate that he couldn't/didn't use it in a fight but 
only wore it to show off? 

But what's interesting is that the house colours of Slytherin, 
Ravenclaw and Gryffindor have silver, gold and bronze in them. As far 
as I can remember gold is the softest of the three, bronze the 
strongest. Hufflepuff doesn't have any metallic colour.