Daggers

What medieval weapon was versatile enough to accompany noble knights in the heat of battle as well as peasants in their daily tasks, and whose name caused so much modesty in the Victorian era that historians decided to rename …

What makes a Seax knife in Damascus steel legendary? Imagine a blade that brings together the memory of forging crafts and the reliability of a tool created to survive the fray of the field and battle. That is the …

What hides the short blade that accompanied the samurai in their most intimate deeds? Imagine the gloom of a wooden corridor, the rustle of a padded saya, and, in silence, the decision of one carrying a Tanto by their …

What makes a small dagger deadly? Imagine the silence after the clash of swords, the metallic rustle of chainmail, and the bated breath of two combatants. In that instant, a short, rigid blade can decide fate: that is the …

What happens when war turns to close-quarters combat and the sword is no longer enough? In those moments, medieval daggers are born: instruments small in size but giant in purpose, designed to pierce armor, accompany daily life, and become …

A name that sparks curiosity and a design that forged an era The testicular dagger —also known in Anglo-Saxon tradition as ballock dagger or in more decorous settings as dudgeon or “kidney dagger”— is an object that catches the …

What do Masonic daggers hide beyond steel and ornaments? Imagine the dim light of a lodge, the silence interrupted only by the murmur of rituals and the contained brilliance of a blade that does not seek to wound but …

What do you see in the shadows of a Venetian alley, invisible and lethal, that has more power than a blade that seeks not to cut but to penetrate to the heart of history? The Venetian stiletto is one …

Legend has it that, in the silence after the testudo formation, the short, sharp blade of the pugio gleamed like a contained promise: a tool, a weapon, and at the same time an emblem of belonging to the legion. …