Salazar's dagger?

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 88689

sachmet96 wrote:
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? 

Arya now:
I think we should allow for the possibility that metals such as 
silver could be imbued with magic to strengthen them or give them 
more than just your average muggle weapon powers.  

I also recall Sirius and Mundungus discussing the silver cutlery in 
Grimmauld place and Sirius said it was something the finest 18th 
century Goblin-wrought silver.  This makes me think of LOTR and the 
magic different races were able to imbue into metals and swords.  
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