Dear Indyvidual,

«Surely, people have more to offer than apparel that requires a potential weapon to be part of it !»

A locked-up tiny dagger, no bigger than standard nail-scissors, where the wearer does not even have the key to unsheathe it, is not a potential weapon, less so even than one's teeth.

This dagger is used for one's private religious observance, not as apparel - it is not meant as an offering to others nor needs to be displayed.

Yuyutsu,
A dagger for religious observance ?

Dear Indyvidual,

Carrying the dagger at all times IS ITSELF the Sikh religious observance - they don't have to do anything else with it, only to carry it, and it is even acceptable for Sikhs if it is carried inside a closed, hard, metal case. Some airlines allow Sikhs to do so, have the crew keep the key to the case and only open it once the flight has landed.

Yuyutsu,
Religion that requires a weapon for its symbolism ? A torture rack is already too much in my book !

Dear Indyvidual,

A surgeon's knife can also be used as a weapon - but it is not.

The Sikh dagger is never being used as a weapon, but not only that - it can be arranged so that it CANNOT be used as a weapon.
(how? by making it small enough, a miniature of the original, and by enclosing it in an unopenable case)

As an object, the Sikh dagger serves no purpose, not even as a symbol (as it can be concealed if necessary):
the sole purpose of carrying it is to do as God or the Guru instructed - in the case of Sikh people, Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.

A surgeon's knife can also be used as a weapon - but it is not.
Yuyutsu,
That'd make an interesting thread !

re the dagger; if it's that miniature I won't query it any longer ! Cheers !