Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-128.205.100.234-20140202212243/@comment-24494285-20140223013616

UPDATE:

So, I finally had time to test out my theory about the silence of weapons, and it turns out that my hunch was right. Get this: The silence of your weapons when dual-wielding is determined by the weapon you're holding in your RIGHT HAND. In other words, so long as you're wielding a dagger in your main hand, both of your weapons will be silent. This is why I thought it was so strange that the dagger in my left hand wasn't silent. Normally it is, but because I was wielding a sword in my right hand, it took the sound level of the sword.

On a funnier note, this also means that other one-handed weapons (swords, axes, maces) become silent as well so long as you have a dagger in your right hand.

At least this is what I've found on the 360...