A
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acinaces
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short sword shaped like a scimitar |
B
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bade-bade
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curved blade knife with an edge on the concave side |
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bank |
double-edged knife with a sickle-shaped blade |
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barong |
broad, single-edged blades with curved handles |
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batardeau |
single edged knife carried in a pocket on a sword's sheath |
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bayu |
double edged knife with pistol grip |
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beladau |
knife with a convex blade |
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bodkin |
thrusting dagger or stiletto |
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bracelet dagger |
straight, double-edged weapon; wrist bracelet was attached to
the scabbard so the weapon could be worn on the forearm and concealed
under clothing |
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bundi katari |
dagger with a long, grooved blade |
C
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chilanum |
double-curved, double-edged dagger |
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cinquedea |
normally drawn and used in left hand |
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cuchillo |
folding knife with a leaf-shaped blade |
D
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dirk |
straight-bladed scottish knife with a conical grip and single
edge |
F
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falx supina |
roman sickle |
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fantail dagger |
wide-tipped slashing knife |
H
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haladie |
double dagger with curved blades |
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harmidashi |
single-edged, slightly curved knife |
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harpe |
curved knife with a large spur on the cutting edge |
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himogatana |
thrusting dagger |
J
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jambiya |
knife with a curved, double-edged blade |
K
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karambit |
curved knife, or tiger claw type weapon; held with the blade
facing downwards and the curved point to the right |
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katar bank |
double-curved, single-edged dagger |
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katar dorlicaneh |
fork bladed katar |
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khanjar |
dagger with a slightly double-curved blade and pistol grip |
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khanjarli |
double-edged, double-curved knife with a knuckle guard and wide
pommel; blade is normally deeply grooved |
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kidney dagger |
european knife with a heavy thrusting blade attached to a round
wooden handle |
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kira |
quartz-bladed knife |
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kubikiri |
slightly curved, single-edged knife used for cutting off the
head of a slain enemy |
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kudi |
crescent-shaped knife |
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kukri |
heavy, curved blade |
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kwaiken |
slightly curved, single, or double-edged dagger |
M
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main gauche |
european left-hand dagger used as a guard when fencing |
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mandaya |
leaf-shaped, double edged-knife |
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mattucashlass |
small scottish dagger carried under the armpit |
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maushtika |
short indian thrusting knife |
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misercorde |
a slender dagger used in the Middle Ages for giving the death
stroke (coup de grace) to a wounded knight |
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moplah |
broad-bladed, double-edged knife |
P
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pahua |
double-edged, wooden dagger; fastened to wrist by a cord at the
handle |
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parang ginah |
sickle-shaped knife with no guard |
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pesh-kabz |
thin dagger with a t-sectioned blade; designed for puncturing
mail armor |
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phurbu |
three-winged blade |
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poignard |
small thrusting dagger with a square or triangular sectioned
blade |
R
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raut |
slightly curved, single-edged knife with a pistol grip |
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roundel dagger |
thrusting knife with a diamond section; guard and pommel
are two parallel, facing disks which give the weapon its name |
S
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sabit |
sickle knife |
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skain |
straight-bladed, double- edged irish dagger |
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stiletto |
european thrusting dagger |
T
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tadji |
thin-bladed thrusting knife |
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tjaluk |
heavily curved, single- edged knife |
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triple dagger |
spring operated european parrying knife used by fencers |
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tuba |
curve hilted, straight-edged knife |
Z
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zirah bouk |
heavy mail piercing knife |
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