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  2. Parrying dagger - Wikipedia

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    The swordbreaker was a dagger that had large, deep serrations along one side of the blade, resembling the barbed teeth of a comb and designed to entrap an opponent's blade, allowing a variety of follow-up techniques. Like the triple dagger, the swordbreaker was a rare form of parrying dagger compared to the main-gauche, partly due to the ...

  3. Dental key - Wikipedia

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    Modeled after a door key, the dental key was used by first inserting the instrument horizontally into the mouth, then its "claw" would be tightened over a tooth. The instrument was rotated to loosen the tooth. This often resulted in the tooth breaking, causing jaw fractures and soft tissue damage. The design of the dental key evolved over the ...

  4. Arkansas toothpick - Wikipedia

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    There was no consistent distinction made between Bowie knives and Arkansas toothpicks in the mid-19th century. There were enough occasional distinctions to shade any dogmatic statement of equivalence. Americans were observed to use pocket knives to clean their teeth in the era, so the "Arkansas toothpick" term may predate the Bowie knife.

  5. List of named weapons, armour and treasures in Germanic ...

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    "Sword with a sharp edge", from PGmc *agjō-(sharp-edged) and MHG sahs ("long knife" or "short sword"). Later reinterpreted as "sword of the giant Ecke." [9] Taken by Dietrich von Bern from the giant Ecke. In the Þidreks saga, the sword has a serpentine design and is said to look alive. [10] Finnsleif Old Norse: Finnsleifr

  6. Boline - Wikipedia

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    This crescent shape is reminiscent of the sickle described in the Key of Solomon, a medieval grimoire and one of the sources for modern Wicca. [5] Confusingly, an Italian version of the Key of Solomon has a hook-shaped knife called an artauo (a possible root for athame) and a straight, needle-shaped blade called a bolino. When the name "boline ...

  7. Macuahuitl - Wikipedia

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    They have swords of this kind – of wood made like a two-handed sword, but with the hilt not so long; about three fingers in breadth. The edges are grooved, and in the grooves they insert stone knives, that cut like a Toledo blade. I saw one day an Indian fighting with a mounted man, and the Indian gave the horse of his antagonist such a blow ...

  8. Estoc - Wikipedia

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    The French estoc is a type of sword, also called a tuck in English, in use from the 14th to the 17th century. [1] It is characterized by a cruciform hilt with a grip for two-handed use [citation needed] and a straight, edgeless, but sharply pointed blade around 36 to 52 in (91 to 132 cm) in length.

  9. Messer (sword) - Wikipedia

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    A messer (German for "knife") is a single-edged sword of the 15th and 16th century, characterised by knife-like hilt construction methods.. While the various names are often used synonymously, messers can be divided into several principal groups: