Salazar's dagger?

[frost_indri]

No: HPFGUIDX 88656

--- 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?
> 
<snip> 
> 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?

I always just assumed that the silver dagger was part of the spell. 
Not having been in Potions class myself, I'm not sure, but some 
things have to be cut with silver... I seem to remember Ron using a 
siver knife to cut something up at one point.  I'll look that up 
tomorrow, when I have better access to my books.  (of course, if 
someone else knows what I'm talking about, feel free to beat me to 
it. ^_^)

So, no, I didn't think that the silver dagger was Slytherin's, or 
even necessarily expensively wrought. Just... silver. 

Frost