Rondel dagger
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A rondel dagger or roundel dagger is a type of stiff-bladed dagger used in Europe in the late Middle Ages, used by a variety of people from merchants to knights. It was worn at the waist and could be
Close-quarter fighting with rondel daggers from Hans Talhoffer's Fechtbuch. This image is from a manual of combat from 1467. It is one of a series of images of two men fighting hand to hand with rondels, demonstrating possible attacks and defences.
Rondel dagger (Burgundy, c. 1500)
Merchants wearing rondels (uncropped version)
Armoured longsword combatants wearing roundel daggers as backup weapons (plate 214, Codex Wallerstein, 15th century)
Stiletto
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A stiletto is a specialized dagger with a long slender blade and needle-like point, primarily intended as a thrusting and stabbing weapon.
Rondel dagger
…suited for cutting, or use as a general utility tool; they were worn as a side-arm in battle as a thrusting weapon, foreshadowing the appearance of the stiletto in the 16th century. Rondel daggers which have survived and found their way into museums and collections are usually those with fine craftsmanship and…
Stiletto
V-42 stiletto
"Italian stiletto" swichblade, open and closed