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Neolithic dagger
Winchester Riot Knife
Modern Winchester Riot Dagger and sheath

A dagger is a knife which is used to stab people. It has a double-edged blade, so it cannot be used for normal cutting like a knife.

Daggers are small, so they can often be hidden under the attacker's clothing and then suddenly produced.

They were also used in the Middle Ages for the infantry armies to defend or attack their opponents.

Some people like Julius Caesar were assassinated with a dagger.

Images for kids

  • Fs-dagger

    The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife, a modern-day dagger

  • Bronze age, Kurdistan, Sine

    Bronze Age swords, Kurdistan, museum of Sanandaj

  • De Fechtbuch Talhoffer 169

    Depiction of combat with the dagger (degen) in Hans Talhoffer (1467)

  • ReproMedievalDaggers

    Modern reproductions of medieval daggers. From left to right: Ballock dagger, Rondel dagger, and a Quillon dagger

  • Dagger horse head Louvre OA7892 full

    Mughal dagger, Louvre.

  • Ek knives

    20th-century daggers

  • Art Knives by Buster Warenski

    Buster Warenski dagger

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