Daggers

Very few weapons hold the mystique and the allure that the dagger has. It has a long history and it predates the sword. Daggers came into being before metal working had evolved and then in the early stages of metal working daggers were made first. As the ability to draw metals into longer shapes daggers were transformed into swords.

Medieval Dagger of King Arthur Pendragon	Medieval Knight Ceremonial Ring Dress Dagger	Medieval Dagger of the Black Knight
Renassaince Main Gauche Dagger Medieval Sword w/ Ring	Wayward Footman's Medieval Dagger of Justice	Robin Hood Dagger

 

The dagger has the reputation for being a weapon of the unscrupulous and the assassin and this is for good reason. During many centuries of the middle ages it was considered dishonorable to use a dagger because it is a weapon that could be hidden and then used without warning. This was considered a violation of the code of conduct of the knight.

 

 

Daggers have taken on a tremendous variety of shapes and sizes. This is an example of a very creative dagger that was designed for the movie The Chronicles of Riddick.The Claws of Riddick Product Page at Amazon

 

 

 

Perhaps the Most unusual dagger ever created was the Triple dagger. Read about this secretive and peculiar weapon

 

 

The Sword Breaker was a very unusual variation of the dagger. Read more about this unusual dagger - The Sword Breaker

 

 

 

Interested in learning about Dagger Combat? Try this book.

Medieval and Renaissance Dagger Combat

Daggers are mentioned in many modern books about medieval and Renaissance swordplay, but until now none described how daggers were used in combat. Drawing from sources written from 1409-1600 (including the works of Hans Talhoffer, Fiore dei Liberi, Filippo Vadi, Joachim Meyer and more), this book uses step-by-step photos and historic illustrations to demonstrate the deadly and effective techniques of European dagger fighting. Talhoffer and the others were men with real fighting experience, not self-promoted "grand masters" or denizens of the training hall, and they wrote the manuals that form the basis for Medieval and Renaissance Dagger Combat. The dynamics of the knife fight have not changed over the centuries, and the masters' lessons are as useful against an attacker with today's tactical folder as they were against the first dagger.

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