List of daggers

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The following is a list of notable daggers, either historical or modern. A dagger is a knife with a sharp point designed for fighting.

## Contents

* 1 Ancient daggers
* 2 European tradition
* 3 Asian tradition
* 4 African tradition
* 5 American tradition
* 6 See also
* 7 External links

## Ancient daggers

* Acinaces
* Bronze Age dagger
* Parazonium
* Pugio
* Sica

## European tradition

High Middle Ages

* Knightly dagger

Late Middle Ages

* Anelace (14th century long English dagger, worn as an accoutrement)
* Baselard (14th century long cutting dagger)
* Bollock dagger, rondel dagger, ear dagger (thrust oriented, by hilt shape)
* Poignard

Renaissance

* Cinquedea (broad short sword)
* Misericorde (weapon)
* Stiletto (16th century but could be around the 14th)

Modern

* Dirk (Scotland)
* Hunting dagger (18th-century Germany)
* Parrying dagger (17th- to 18th-century rapier fencing)
* Sgian-dubh (Scotland)
* Trench knife (WWI)
* Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife (British Armed Forces, WW2)
* Puñal (Spain, Latin America)
* Push dagger

## Asian tradition

* Badik
* Balarao
* Balisong (Filipino)
* Bichuwa (Indian)
* Hachiwara
* Haladie (Indian)
* Jambiya (Yemen)
* Kaiken
* Kalis
* Karambit
* Kard (persian)
* Katar
* Khanjali
* Khanjar (Oman)
* Kila
* Kirpan
* Kris
* Kujang
* Kukri
* Maduvu
* Malappuram Kathi
* Pesh kabz
* Piha kaetta
* Punyal
* Qama
* Sai
* Shuckra
* Tantō
* Yoroi doshi

## African tradition

* Jile
* Billao (Somali)
* Seme

## American tradition

Military issue or commercial designs, 1918 to present.

* BC-41 (WWII)
* Cuchillo De Paracaidista (Argentine Paratroopers)
* Arkansas toothpick (19th-century US)
* Facón (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)
* Corvo (19th-century Chile)
* Gerber Mark II (1967)
* Push dagger
* United States Marine Raider stiletto (WWII)
* V-42 stiletto (WWII)
* "Yank" Levy fighting knife

## See also

* Types of swords

## External links

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