Dagger: Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife, Malappuram Kathi, Mambele (Knives), Mark I Trench Knife, Misericorde (Weapon), Morey MK 1 Knife - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 6134217573 ISBN 13: 9786134217576

Verlag: Alphascript Publishing, 2011

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A dagger is a double-edged blade used for hitting, stabbing or thrusting. They often fulfill the role of a secondary defense weapon in close combat. In most cases, a tang extends into the handle along the centreline of the blade. Daggers may be differentiated from knives on the basis that daggers are intended primarily for stabbing whereas knives are usually single-edged and intended mostly for cutting. However, many knives and daggers are capable of either stabbing or cutting. Much like battle axes, daggers evolved out of prehistoric tools. In Neolithic times, daggers were made of materials such as flint, ivory or bone and were used as weapons since the earliest periods of human civilization. The earliest metal daggers appear in the Bronze Age, in the 3rd millennium BC, predating the sword, which essentially developed from oversized daggers. Although the standard dagger, in many cases, was not as effective as axes, spears, or even maces due to its limited reach, it was an important step towards the development to what is often seen as a more useful close-combat weapon, the sword.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 6134217573
• ISBN 13: 9786134217576
• Einband: Broché
• Anzahl der Seiten: 80
• Herausgeber: Miller Frederic P., Vandome Agnes F., McBrewster John