dagger

A double-edged knife used for stabbing or thrusting. They are often a secondary defense weapon in close combat.

The difference between a dagger and a knife is that daggers are double-edged or edgeless and intended primarily or exclusively for stabbing, while knives are usually single-edged and intended primarily for cutting. Many knives and daggers are capable of either stabbing or cutting.

Examples

Related tags

• athame
• kris

See also

• knife
• short sword
• List of weapons

The following tags are aliased to this tag: daggers (learn more).

This tag implicates knife and weapon (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: holding_dagger, jamadhar, and stiletto_(weapon) (learn more).