The parrying dagger is a category of small handheld weapons from the European late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. These weapons were used as off-hand...
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Rapier (redirect from Rapier and dagger)
Royal Armouries Museum. p. 144. ISBN 9781913013400. "Parrying Dagger". The MET: Parrying Dagger. Retrieved 2023-10-14. Burgess, Colin; Gerloff, Sabine...
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Bebut [ru] (Caucasus and Russia) Dirk (Scotland) Hunting dagger (Germany, 18th-century) Parrying dagger (17th- to 18th-century rapier fencing) Sgian-dubh (Scotland)...
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Poignard (category Daggers)
class, noblemen, or members of the knighthood. Similar in design to a parrying dagger, the poniard emerged during the Middle Ages and was used during the...
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sometimes employed in European martial arts and fencing, such as a parrying dagger. Miyamoto Musashi, a Japanese swordsman and ronin, was said to have...
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A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually one or two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a cutting or thrusting...
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and buckler sword/rapier and parrying dagger rapier and cloak In most cases the off-hand weapon is used to deflect or parry. Daishō Retiarius "The Rapier...
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A push dagger (alternately known as a punch dagger, punch knife, push knife or, less often, a push dirk) is a short-bladed dagger with a "T"-shaped handle...
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I trench knife Microtech Jagdkommando Parrying dagger Poignard Pugio Push dagger RAF Aircrew Knife Rondel dagger Seme Shobo Sica Stiletto Tantō U.S. Marine...
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Katar (redirect from Katara (dagger))
The katar is a type of push dagger from the Indian subcontinent. The weapon is characterized by its H-shaped horizontal hand grip which results in the...
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direction: A style of Western fencing using the main-gauche, i.e. the parrying dagger, normally held in the left hand Rive Gauche, on the southern (i.e....
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Arkansas toothpick (category Daggers)
In modern terminology, the Arkansas toothpick is a heavy dagger with a 12-to-20-inch (30 to 51 cm) pointed, straight blade. The knife can be used for thrusting...
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Khanjali (redirect from Cossack Dagger)
Khanjali (Georgian: ხანჯალი) also known as a kindjal, is a double-edged dagger used in the Caucasus. The shape of the weapon is similar to that of the...
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I trench knife Microtech Jagdkommando Parrying dagger Poignard Pugio Push dagger RAF Aircrew Knife Rondel dagger Seme Shobo Sica Stiletto Tantō U.S. Marine...
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I trench knife Microtech Jagdkommando Parrying dagger Poignard Pugio Push dagger RAF Aircrew Knife Rondel dagger Seme Shobo Sica Stiletto Tantō U.S. Marine...
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Dirk (category Daggers)
A dirk is a long-bladed thrusting dagger. Historically, it gained its name from the Highland dirk (Scottish Gaelic dearg) where it was a personal weapon...
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A rondel dagger /ˈrɒndəl/ or roundel dagger is a type of stiff-bladed dagger used in Europe in the late Middle Ages (from the 14th century onwards), used...
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Baselard (redirect from Holbein dagger)
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-century dagger with...
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rapier combined with a defensive weapon such as a cloak, a buckler or a parrying dagger, besides other weapons such as the late-renaissance two-handed montante;...
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Paramerion: Eastern Roman Byzantine sword Parrying dagger Poignard Rondel dagger Schiavonesca Seax: shortsword, knife or dagger of varying sizes typical of the...
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being either used alone or in combination with a buckler, a cape, a parrying dagger, or dual-wielded with another sidesword, though some Bolognese masters...
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Cinquedea (redirect from Five finger dagger)
(/ˌtʃɪŋkwɪˈdi.ə/, /ˌtʃɪŋkwɪˈdeɪə/) or cinqueda is a civilian short sword (or long dagger). It was developed in northern Italy and enjoyed a period of popularity...
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Sica (redirect from Thracian dagger)
The sica is a short sword or large dagger of ancient Illyrians, Thracians, and Dacians; it was also used in ancient Rome. It is a shorter form of the falx...
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Misericorde (weapon) (category Daggers)
knights and princes from at least the 14th century.[citation needed] Rondel dagger Stiletto Bradbury, Jim (2004). The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare...
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Jambiya (category Daggers)
A jambiya (Arabic: جنبية), is a type of dagger with a short curved blade with a medial ridge that originated from the Hadhramaut region in Yemen. They...
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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")...
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skinning the animal and cutting up the meat. It is different from the hunting dagger which was traditionally used to kill wild game. Some hunting knives are...
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invariant in plural, latinized sachsum) is a small sword, fighting knife or dagger typical of the Germanic peoples of the Migration Period and the Early Middle...
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throwing daggers in their treaties on combat and weapons. Talhoffer specifies a type of spiked dagger for throwing while Mair describes throwing the dagger at...
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dai-kunai). In some cases, the kunai and the Nishikori, a wide-bladed saw with a dagger-type handle, are difficult to distinguish. Contrary to popular belief, kunai...
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