Types of daggers

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

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 [ru] (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
Koummya (Morocco)

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)

References

↑ "Dagger". Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
↑ Weland, Gerald (2004). "Types of daggers". Knives, swords, daggers. New York: Barnes & Nobles Books. p. 94. ISBN 9780760762264.

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