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The blades have either completely corroded or remain only in the form of concretions. 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 ...
The double edged blade of the jambiya is constructed of steel that in some cases is Damascus or wootz steel. The blade is stored in a sheath known as 'Asib (Arabic: العسيب), usually made of wood covered with metal, leather or cloth. The sheath can be decorated with various ornaments that signify status.
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.
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.
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 .
Mad Dog Knives won the 1992 "SEAL Trials" to supply Naval Special Warfare Groups 1 and 2 with a fixed blade knife. [1] [7] This knife is the ATAK (Advanced Tactical Assault Knife) and Mad Dog Knives received a U.S. Navy Sole Source Justification for its manufacture. The ATAK is the only knife in US Military history justified as such. [1] [3]
This new form of dagger was really a miniaturized sword, featuring a flat double-edged blade and central spine or fuller. The first fighting daggers to become widely popular in Europe were the rondel dagger and the bollock dagger. The rondel dagger was a fighting knife with a double-edged, tapered blade and a hilt featuring circular guards.
Pattern welding is a practice in sword and knife making by forming a blade of several metal pieces of differing composition that are forge-welded together and twisted and manipulated to form a pattern. [1] Often called Damascus steel, blades forged in this manner