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T'boli and Mandaya badao daggers with sheaths in the National Museum of Anthropology An Iranun pirate from Sabah (formerly part of the Sultanate of Sulu), with a kampilan, a gunong dagger tucked in his sash, and a budjak (spear) The gunong is a dagger variant of the kalis, a Philippine sword derived from the Indonesian kris dagger. The gunong ...
Dagger of Rostam, a glittering dagger that Rostam used to behead the white daeva Div-e Sepid. ( Persian mythology ) Knife of Llawfrodedd the Horseman , Llawfrodedd Farchog (from marchog "the Horseman"), or Barfawc "the Bearded" in other manuscripts, is said to have owned a knife which would serve for a company of 24 men at the dinner table.
Gan Jiang and Mo Ye are a pair of famous swords forged by the Spring and Autumn master swordsmith Gan Jiang and his wife Mo Ye. The male sword Gan Jiang has a tortoise-shell pattern, while the female sword Mo Ye has a water-wave pattern. Yu Wang Jian: An ancient bronze Jian created by Yu the Great the founding monarch of the Xia Dynasty.
Balarao (also spelled balaraw, bararao, and bararaw), also known as "winged dagger", is a Filipino dagger used throughout the pre-colonial Philippines. It is unusually shaped, with a double-edged leaf-like blade and a finger-fitting grip consisting of two horn-like projections at the pommel and no guards.
The most famous type of jambiya is that which has a "saifani" or ivory handle; it has a dim yellowish lustre. The more translucent ivory will turn a yellow colour with age and is called "saifani heart". Some of the ivory handles are called "asadi" when they turn into a greenish yellow. When the handle becomes whitish yellow, it is called "zaraf".
This was determined by comparing the dagger and sheath to other items of similar constructor depiction (through wall paintings and fragments). [1] The dagger has a decorative and functional head at the end of the handle and the sheath has two side appendages. These were used to attach the dagger to the carrier's belt, from which it hung ...
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The jile is a curved dagger ranging in length from 30 centimetres (12 in) to more than 50 centimetres (20 in). The handle is typically made of wood or more rarely from buffalo or rhinoceros horn. The pommel often ends with three teeth of bronze, zinc or silver. The middle tooth is the most prominent.