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The Bollock dagger was often used during Shakespeare's time and was only permitted to be carried by men. This dagger was most commonly used as a backup weapon for a sword or spear. The dagger first started appearing on continental effigies around 1300–1350, and has one of the longest usage periods of any of the five main types of medieval ...
A manual of arms was an instruction book for handling and using weapons in formation, whether in the field or on parade. Such manuals were especially important in the matchlock and flintlock eras, when loading and firing was a complex and lengthy process typically carried out in close order .
William Francis Moran Jr. (May 1, 1925 – February 12, 2006), also known as Bill Moran, was a pioneering American knifemaker who founded the American Bladesmith Society and reintroduced the process of making pattern welded steel (often called "Damascus") to modern knife making.
Scottish dirk, blade by Andrew Boog, Edinburgh, c. 1795, Royal Ontario Museum. A dirk is a long-bladed thrusting dagger. [1] Historically, it gained its name from the Highland dirk (Scottish Gaelic dearg) where it was a personal weapon of officers engaged in naval hand-to-hand combat during the Age of Sail [2] as well as the personal sidearm of Highlanders.
Bollock dagger, rondel dagger, ear dagger (thrust oriented, by hilt shape) Poignard; Renaissance. Cinquedea (broad short sword) Misericorde (weapon) Stiletto (16th century but could be around the 14th) Modern. Bebut (Caucasus and Russia) Dirk (Scotland) Hunting dagger (18th-century Germany) Parrying dagger (17th- to 18th-century rapier fencing)
The English and Scandinavians introduced a combat knife known as the "bollock dagger" into military service around 1350, [7] while the French poignard and the Scottish dirk were daggers designed from the outset as military weapons. The rise in use of firearms led to a decline in the use of combat daggers and knives as military-issue weapons.
The rondel dagger was a fighting knife with a double-edged, tapered blade and a hilt featuring circular guards. The bollock dagger dates from around 1300–1350, and had a distinctive hilt cap formed from two lobes that acted as a hand-stop. [10] It was especially popular with English and Norwegian combatants.
Khanjali (Georgian: ხანჯალი) or Satevari (Georgian: სატევარი), also known as a kindjal, is a Georgian [1] double-edged dagger used since antiquity in the Caucasus. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The shape of the weapon is similar to that of the ancient Roman gladius , the Scottish dirk and the ancient Greek xiphos .