Medieval daggers are short double-edged or push-style blades carried as sidearms and for finishing armored opponents. A weapon belongs here when the infobox of its cited article names it a dagger and the weapon is placed in the medieval period. It excludes swords and polearms. Weapons in this group are placed by what their own cited article states, so a visitor browsing medieval daggers sees only systems whose sources name that role, and can compare them across eras, makers and the forces that used them.
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Wikipedia: Tumi
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Tumi (Quechua for 'knife', variants: tome, tume) is a generic term encompassing the many kinds of sharp tools utilized in pre- and post-colonial eras of the Central Andes region.
Wikipedia: Katar
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Push dagger
Wikipedia: Kris (dagger)
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Dagger
Wikipedia: Stiletto
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A stiletto (plural stilettos) is a specialized dagger with a long slender blade and needle-like point, primarily intended as a thrusting and stabbing weapon.
Wikipedia: Jambiya
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A jambiya (Arabic: جنبية), is a type of dagger with a short curved blade with a medial ridge that originated from the Hadhramaut region in Yemen.
Wikipedia: Kukri
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The kukri (English: ) or khukuri (Nepali: खुकुरी, pronounced [kʰukuri]) is a type of knife or short sword with a distinct recurve in its blade that originated in the Indian subcontinent.
Wikipedia: Karambit
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The karambit or kerambit (as used in Indonesian), kurambik or karambiak (both from the Minangkabau language) is a small curved knife resembling a claw.
Wikipedia: Seax
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A seax (Old English pronunciation: [ˈsæɑks]; also sax, sæx, sex; Latinized sachsum) is a small sword, fighting knife or dagger typical of the Germanic peoples of the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages, especially the Saxons.
Wikipedia: Kaiken (dagger)
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A kaiken (懐剣) is a 20-25 cm (7.9-9.8 in) long, single or (very rarely) double-edged Japanese knife usually without ornamental fittings housed in a plain but lacquered mount.
Wikipedia: Misericorde (weapon)
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A misericorde ( or ; from French miséricorde, "mercy"; itself derived from the Latin misericordia, "act of mercy") was a long and narrow knife used during the High Middle Ages to deliver mercy killings to mortally wounded knights, as it was designed to be thin enough to strike through the gaps in their armour.
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