Kidney dagger
| Kidney dagger | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | dagger |
| Designations: | Kidney Dagger, Ballock Dagger |
| Use: | weapon |
| Creation time: | around 14th century |
| Working time: | about the 14th century to about the 17th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Europe , ethnic groups from Europe |
| Distribution: | Europe |
| Overall length: | about 30 cm to about 40 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, metal, horn |
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The kidney dagger , ( Engl. Kidney Dagger or Ballock Dagger ) is a late medieval weapon from Europe.
description
The kidney dagger has a straight, mostly double-edged blade. The blade becomes narrower from the handle to the location and tapers to a point. The blades are either flat or have a central ridge. The booklet has a cross- guard , which is provided with two spherical or egg-shaped thickenings at the end. By similarity to kidney ( Engl. Kidney ) or testicles (Engl. Colloquially ballocks ) this dagger got its name. The original name was Ballock Dagger , but weapons historians in England from the Victorian era onwards used the word Kidney Dagger instead to avoid the sexual connotation. Over time, the thickening of the quillons became smaller and smaller until they were completely abandoned. The handle is round and widens from the crossguard to the pommel. The pommel is usually disc-shaped and is closed with a plate. There are different versions. The kidney dagger was used in Europe from the 14th century to the 17th century.
literature
- Bashford Dean, Handbook of Arms and Armor European and Oriental - Including the William H. Riggs Collection , Verlag READ BOOKS, 2008, page 57, ISBN 978-1-4437-8043-8
- Jim Bradbury, Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare , Routledge, 2004, p. 250, ISBN 978-0-203-64466-9
- Howard L. Blackmore, Hunting Weapons from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century: With 288 Illustrations , Courier Dover Publications, 2000, page 54, ISBN 978-0-486-40961-0
Web links
- Kidney dagger at Christi's / London
- Kidney dagger at Christi's / London
- Kidney dagger at Christi's / London
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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, page 355, ISBN 978-0-486-40726 -5