• A seme, simi or ol alem is a type of dagger or short sword used by the Maasai and Kikuyu peoples of Kenya in East Africa. They have a distinctive leaf-shaped...
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  • Look up seme in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Seme may refer to: Seme Border, a settlement in Nigeria on the border with Benin Seme (dagger), a Maasai...
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  • of notable daggers, either historical or modern. A dagger is a knife with a sharp point designed for fighting. Acinaces Bronze Age dagger Parazonium Pugio...
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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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    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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    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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    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" handle designed...
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    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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    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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  • 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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    Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip. It was developed by William Ewart Fairbairn...
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    Mark I trench knife Microtech Jagdkommando Parrying dagger Poignard Pugio Push dagger Rondel dagger Seme Shobo Sica Stiletto Tantō U.S. Marine Raider stiletto...
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    Khanjali (redirect from Cossack Dagger)
    A khanjali, also known as a kindjal, is a double-edged dagger used since antiquity in the Caucasus. The shape of the weapon is similar to that of the ancient...
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  • The hunting dagger (German: Hirschfänger, "deer catcher") is an 18–30-inch (460–760 mm) long German dagger, used to kill deer and boar. It is a weapon...
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  • Stiletto (category Daggers)
    A stiletto (plural stilettos) is a specialized dagger with a long slender blade and needle-like point, primarily intended as a thrusting and stabbing weapon...
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    An 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...
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    Emeici (redirect from Emei daggers)
    Emeici (峨嵋刺; variously translated as "Emei daggers" or "Emei piercers") are a traditional Chinese martial arts weapon. They are a pair of metal rods with...
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    Khanjar (category Daggers)
    A khanjar is a traditional dagger originating from the Sultanate of Oman, although it has since spread to the rest of the Middle East and the Balkans....
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    Jambiya (category Daggers)
    shibriyeh (Arabic: شبرية shibriyyah) in the Levant, is a specific type of dagger with a short curved blade with a medial ridge that originated from Yemeni...
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    Boot knife (category Daggers)
    A boot knife or a gambler's dagger is a small fixed-blade knife (usually, a dagger) that is designed to be carried in or on a boot. Typically, such a knife...
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    Hindi: बाघ नख, Urdu: باگھ نکھ, lit. tiger claw) is a "fist-load, claw-like" dagger, originating from the Indian subcontinent, designed to fit over the knuckles...
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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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  • 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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  • Mattucashlass (category Daggers)
    A mattucashlass is a type of dagger worn concealed in the armpit and primarily used for close combat, part of traditional Scottish male Highland dress...
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    Poignard (category Daggers)
    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 Renaissance...
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    Balarao (redirect from Winged dagger)
    spelled balaraw, bararao, and bararaw), also known as "winged dagger", is a Filipino dagger used throughout the pre-colonial Philippines. It is unusually...
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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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    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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    Anelace (redirect from Ox tongue dagger)
    medieval dagger worn as a gentleman's accoutrement in 14th century England. Frederick William Fairholt (1846) describes it as "a knife or dagger worn at...
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    knife, cleaver), table knife (butter knives and steak knives), weapons (daggers or switchblades), knives for throwing or juggling, and knives for religious...
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