The Pattern 1796 British infantry officer's sword was carried by officers of the line infantry in the British Army between 1796 and the time of its official replacement with the gothic hilted sword in
Sword with scabbard in Auckland War Memorial Museum
Hilt of the 1796 Pattern
Dirk
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A dirk is a long-bladed thrusting dagger. Historically, it gained its name from the Highland dirk where it was a personal weapon of officers engaged in naval hand-to-hand combat during the Age of Sail
Pattern 1796 infantry officer's sword
…sword]; it was good for neither cut nor thrust and was a perfect encumberance. In the Foot Artillery, when away from headquarters, we generally wore dirks instead of it". Regardless of its weaknesses as a fighting weapon, according to Robson, a nearly identical sword was carried by the Army Corps of…
Scottish dirk, blade by Andrew Boog, Edinburgh, c. 1795, Royal Ontario Museum
Painting of George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon (1770–1836) in highland dress.
Japanese WW2 naval dirk