Indian brass knuckles dagger
| Indian brass knuckles dagger | |
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| Weapon type: | Brass knuckles, dagger |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
India , warrior chest |
| Distribution: | India |
| Overall length: | about 25.4 cm |
| Blade length: | about 8 cm each |
| Handle: | Steel, brass , horn |
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An Indian brass knuckles dagger is a striking weapon of the Indian warrior castes .
description
An Indian brass knuckle dagger is made of steel. Two short, double-edged daggers with leaf-shaped blades are attached to both sides of the brass knuckles. The blades are attached to the impact ring body with ornate, leaf-shaped clamps. The blades have a fine hollow grind , which is designed as a plant ornament. Seven pointed bolts are screwed into the front of the brass knuckle. In the middle of the brass knuckle there is a hole made for gripping. Flower motifs are attached to both flat sides for decoration. The brass knuckles are used by warrior chest.
Individual evidence
literature
- Erland Nordenskiöld, An ethno-geographical analysis of the material culture of two Indian tribes in the Gran Chaco Volume 1 from Comparative ethnographical studies , Verlag AMS Press, 1979, ISBN 978-0-404-15141-6
- Edgar Thurston, Ethnographic notes in southern India, Volume 2 , Cosmo Publications, 1975
- Diagram Group, The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 BC to the 21st Century , St. Martin's Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-312-36832-6
- George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times , Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5