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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 ...
The dagger reappeared in the 12th century as the "knightly dagger", or more properly cross-hilt or quillon dagger, [27] and was developed into a common arm and tool for civilian use by the late medieval period. [28] Modern reproductions of medieval daggers. From left to right: Ballock dagger, Rondel dagger, and a Quillon dagger
A 14th-century baselard (Swiss National Museum) Drawing of the baselard shown on the effigy of Thomas de Topcliffe (died 1365) (Dillon 1887).The baselard, Schwiizerdolch in Swiss-German (also basilard, baslard, in Middle French also badelare, bazelaire and variants, Latinized baselardus, basolardus etc., in Middle High German beseler, baseler, basler, pasler; baslermesser) is a historical type ...
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)
Szczepan Skibicki of the Military Museum of Białystok in Poland found a sword during a swim in the Supraśl river in 2022. An official said the object, which dates back to the 9th century, is one ...
Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight. Arming sword; Dagger; Estoc; Falchion; Katana; Knife; Longsword; Messer; Rapier; Sabre or saber (Most sabers belong to the renaissance period, but some sabers can be found in the late medieval period)
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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.