The following is a list of notable daggers, either historical or modern. A dagger is a short, pointed knife, historically popular as a weapon. Their names are often associated with their appearance or with a specific style of fighting.
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 Stiletto (late 15th century) Modern Bebut (Caucasus and Russia) Dirk (Scotland) Hunting dagger (Germany, 18th-century) Parrying dagger (17th- to 18th-century rapier fencing) Sgian-dubh (Scotland) Trench knife (WWI) Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife (Britain, WWII) Push dagger
Asian tradition
African tradition Jile Billao (Somali) Seme Mambele
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 Mark I trench knife (WWI) M3 trench knife (WWII) United States Marine Raider stiletto (WWII) V-42 stiletto (WWII) Applegate–Fairbairn fighting knife (WWII) M4 bayonet (WWII) "Yank" Levy fighting knife SOG Knife (Vietnam War era) M7 bayonet (Vietnam War era)
See also Types of swords
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