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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)
Swords created by Masamune often are referred to with the smith's name (as with other pieces of artwork) and often with a name for the individual sword as well. The "Honjo Masamune", a symbol of the Tokugawa shogunate and passed down from shōgun to shōgun, is perhaps the best known Masamune sword. Signed works of Masamune are rare.
The Hindsgavl Dagger was made of flint in around 1900–1800 BC. [2] It is 29.5 cm (11.6 in) long and has a blade thickness of less than 1 cm (0.39 in). It is an example of a so-called fishtail dagger, named for the shape of the handle.
"LeMaitre is a beautiful writer."―Crime Pieces [1] "[The] stunning final volume of Lemaitre's Commandant Camille Verhoeven trilogy . . . The author won the CWA International Dagger Award for 2013's Alex, the first book in the trilogy to be published in the U.S., and this gut-wrenching entry may well garner similar honors."―
The kris or keris [n 1] is a Javanese asymmetrical dagger with a distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (pamor). [8] The kris is famous for its distinctive wavy blade, although many have straight blades as well, and is one of the weapons commonly used in the pencak silat martial art ...
A bollock dagger or ballock knife is a type of dagger with a distinctively shaped hilt, with two oval swellings at the guard resembling male testes ("bollocks"). The guard is often in one piece with the wooden grip, and reinforced on top with a shaped metal washer.
An Omani khanjar, c. 1924 Mogul khanjar dagger with a pistol grip shaped hilt, 17th century.. A khanjar [a] is a traditional dagger originating from the Sultanate of Oman, although it has since spread to the rest of the Middle East [b], South Asia [c] and the Balkans.
The Topkapı Dagger is one of the most famous objects in the collection of the Topkapı Palace Treasury. The dagger was the main theme of Jules Dassin’s 1964 comedic film Topkapi, in which it became the desired object of the main character, played by Melina Mercouri. She, along with a group of "world-class" jewelry thieves, plot to steal the ...
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