I need this for a character.
At first I thought to call it a stylized hunting knife especially given the handle, but I think its shape is more dagger.
Wouldn't a dagger need a crossguard tho?
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by Mother_Common4456
I need this for a character.
At first I thought to call it a stylized hunting knife especially given the handle, but I think its shape is more dagger.
Wouldn't a dagger need a crossguard tho?
(Img from Pinterest)
by Mother_Common4456
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It’s a dagger. Technically could classify as a shank
Are both edges sharpened or just one cutting edge? Looks moderately symmetric , I’d lean dagger from what I can tell. If only one edge is shape, maybe more of a kriss inspired knife.
Very nice btw I like and have a few old fixed blades with antler handles myself
Pretty sure this would qualify as a kris dagger.
The handle doesn’t match the beautiful blade at all, and there’s no crossguard either… unfortunately, they didn’t put much effort into it :-/
Daggers don’t necessarily have to have a guard. Kriss don’t have them. That’s definitely a kriss. Kriss can be single or double-edged. That one looks double-edged. European daggers usually have a guard, while other cultures didn’t bother with the guard.
“Dagger” is really just any knife that is kinda big and designed first and foremost to stab people. A kriss blade like this has no practical application, so that combined with the size and shape, would definitely qualify it as a dagger. Being “double-edged” is irrelevant, and in my state it’s also legally irrelevant, but just in terms of military history stuff they would also for example call the Japanese tanto a “dagger” because, again, it was designed with no real purpose other than stabbing people. Hell both edges could be dull, but just imagine anything this big and pointy with a handle? It’s a dagger.
This blade style is [Kris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris).
It can be used during a hunt to dispatch a wounded animal by stabbing its heart.