List of daggers
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Western tradition
High Middle Ages:- Knightly dagger
Late Middle Ages:
- Bollock daggerBollock daggerThe bollock dagger or ballock knife is a type of dagger with a distinctively shaped shaft, with two oval swellings at the guard resembling male genitalia . The guard is often in one piece with the wooden grip, and reinforced on top with a shaped metal washer...
, Rondel dagger, Ear daggerEar DaggerAn ear dagger is a relatively rare and exotic form of dagger that was used during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. It is so named because the pommel of the dagger has a very distinctive shape, in some cases not unlike a human ear...
(thrust oriented, by hilt shape) - BaselardBaselardThe baselard is a historical type of dagger or short sword of the Late Middle Ages.In modern use by antiquarians, the term baselard is mostly reserved for a type of 14th...
(14th century long cutting dagger)
Renaissance
- CinquedeaCinquedeaThe cinquedea is a civilian short sword . It was developed in northern Italy and enjoyed a period of popularity during the Italian renaissance of the 15th and early 16th centuries....
(broad short sword) - StilettoStilettoA stiletto is a knife or dagger with a long slender blade and needle-like point, intended primarily as a stabbing weapon. The stiletto blade's narrow cross-section and acuminated tip reduces friction upon entry, allowing the blade to penetrate deeply...
(16th century)/Misericorde (weapon)
Modern
- Parrying dagger (17th to 18th century rapier fencing)
- Hunting daggerHunting daggerThe hunting dagger is a long double-edged German stabbing hunting knife, used to kill deer and boar. It was a weapon mainly used in the fancy hunts of the German nobility. This dagger developed from Medieval hunting swords which were longer and mainly used by mounted hunters...
(18th century Germany) - DirkDirkA dirk is a short thrusting dagger, sometimes a cut-down sword blade mounted on a dagger hilt rather than a knife blade. It was historically used as a personal weapon for officers engaged in naval hand-to-hand combat during the Age of Sail.-Etymology:...
(Scotland) - Arkansas ToothpickArkansas toothpickThe Arkansas toothpick is a heavy dagger with a pointed, straight blade. The knife is balanced and weighted for throwing and can be used for thrusting and slashing...
(19th century US) - Puñal (Spain, Latin America)
- CorvoCorvo (knife)The Corvo is a bladed weapon typically used in Chile. It is a double-edged knife with a curved blade of approximately 12 inches. Initially a tool similar to a grape hook, it was widely used in combat during the War of the Pacific...
(19th century Chile) - FacónFacónA facón is a fighting and utility knife widely used in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay as the principal tool and weapon of the gaucho of the South American pampas...
(19th century Latin America) - Trench knifeTrench knifeA Trench knife is a combat knife designed to kill or gravely incapacitate an enemy soldier at close quarters, as might be encountered in a trenchline or other confined area. It was developed in response to a need for a close combat weapon for soldiers conducting assaults and raids on enemy...
(WWI)
Eastern tradition
- BalisongBalisong (knife)A Butterfly knife, also known as a fan knife or Balisong, is a folding pocket knife with two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is concealed within grooves in the handles. It is sometimes called a Batangas knife, after the Tagalog province of Batangas in the...
(Filipino) - Baladaw (Filipino)
- Bich'hwaBich'hwaA bichawa is an Indian dagger with a loop hilt and a narrow undulating blade. It is named for its resemblance to the sting of a scorpion, for which the Hindi name is bichawa. The weapon was based on the maru, or horn dagger created by the aboriginal Dravidians of south India, and many bichawa...
(Indian) - HachiwaraHachiwaraThe , meaning 'helmet breaker' or 'skull breaker' was a type of knife-shaped weapon, resembling a jutte in many respects. This weapon was carried as a side-arm by the Samurai class of feudal Japan.-Types:...
- JambiyaJambiyaJanbiya, also spelt janbia, jambiya, and jambia, , is the Arabic term for dagger, but it is generally used to describe a specific type of dagger with a short curved blade that is worn on a belt. Although the term jambiya is also used in other Arab countries, it is mostly associated with people of...
- KaikenKaiken (dagger)A is a dagger formerly carried by men and women of the samurai class in Japan. It was useful for self-defense indoors where the long katana and intermediate wakizashi were inconvenient. Women carried them in the obi for self-defense and rarely for jigai . A woman received a kaiken as part of her...
- KalisKalisA kalis is a type of double-edged Filipino sword, often with a "wavy" section, similar to a kris. Unlike the kris, the Kalis's double-edged blade can be used for both cutting and thrusting....
- KardKardA kard is a type of Islamic knife found in Turkey, Armenia, Persia, and all the way to India. Mostly used in the 18th century and before, it has a straight single edged blade and is usually no longer than 16 inches in length. It has no guard, and usually the handle was bone, ivory, or horn...
- Katara
- KhanjarKhanjarThe khanjar is the traditional dagger of Oman. It is similar to the Yemeni jambiya.The khanjar is curved and sharpened on both edges...
- Khanjali
- KrisKrisThe kris or keris is an asymmetrical dagger or sword nowadays most strongly associated with the culture of Indonesia, but also indigenous to Malaysia, Southern Thailand and Brunei. It is known as kalis in the southern Philippines. The kris is famous for its distinctive wavy blade , but many have...
- KukriKukriThe kukri is a curved Nepalese Knife, similar to the machete, used as both a tool and as a weapon...
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- PhurbaPhurbaThe kīla is a three-sided peg, stake, knife, or nail like ritual implement traditionally associated with Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Bön, and Indian Vedic traditions. The kīla is associated with the meditational deity The kīla (Sanskrit Devanagari: कील; IAST: kīla; , pronunciation between pur-ba and...
- PunyalPunyalthumb|350px|An antique punyal de kris from Mindanao.The punyal is a small knife used as both tool and weapon by the Maranao people of the Philippines. Designs of the knife vary; some are straight, while others are wavy, resembling a small kris...
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- TantōTantoA is one of the traditional Japanese swords that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The tantō dates to the Heian period, when it was mainly used as a weapon but evolved in design over the years to become more ornate...
- Yoroi toshiYoroi toshiThe "armor piercing or piercer" or "mail piercer"were one of the traditional Japanese swords that were worn by the samurai class as a weapon in feudal Japan.-Description:...
Contemporary
Military issue or commercial designs, 1918 to present.- BC-41BC-41The BC-41 was a combined Knuckleduster/dagger weapon used by the British Commandos during World War II for close combat and ambush situations. Although effective, it was eventually replaced by the Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife.-Further reading:...
(WWII) - Cuchillo De ParacaidistaCuchillo De ParacaidistaThe Cuchillo de Paracaidista is a specially made dagger issued to Argentine Paratroopers with a handguard that functions as a Knuckleduster, with current issue models come with an emergency blade in the crossguard....
(Argentine Paratroopers) - Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting KnifeFairbairn-Sykes fighting knifeThe Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip developed by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes in Shanghai based on concepts which the two men initiated before World War II while serving on the Shanghai Municipal...
- Gerber Mark IIGerber Mark IIThe Gerber Mark II is a fighting knife manufactured by Gerber Legendary Blades from 1967 to 2000, with an additional limited run of 1500 in 2002, and full production resuming as of July 2008...
(1967) - Push daggerPush daggerA push dagger is a short-bladed dagger with a "T" handle designed to be grasped in the hand so that the blade protrudes from the front of one's fist, typically between the 2nd and 3rd finger...
- United States Marine Raider Stiletto (WWII)
- V-42 StilettoV-42 StilettoThe V-42 Stiletto was a stiletto and fighting knife issued during World War II to the First Special Service Force , a joint Canadian/American commando unit.-Design and Features:...
(WWII)