List of daggers

Last updated May 06, 2025

The following is a list of notable daggers, either historical or modern. A dagger is a knife with a sharp point designed for fighting.

Ancient daggers
European tradition
Asian tradition
African tradition
American tradition
See also
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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 (16th century but could be around the 14th)

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

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)

External links

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Associations	American Bladesmith Society Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association Knifemakers' Guild
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