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  2. Needlegun - Wikipedia

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    In Bungie's 1996 video game sequel, Marathon Infinity, the KKV-7 10mm SMG Flechette makes its debut and introduces the player to an extreme rate of fire. In the Halo video games, originally developed by Bungie , the Needler is an alien weapon that fires homing crystalline needles that explode after a delay.

  3. Stiletto - Wikipedia

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    A stiletto (plural stilettos [1]) is a specialized dagger with a long slender blade and needle-like point, primarily intended as a thrusting and stabbing weapon. [2] [3] The stiletto blade's narrow cross-section and acuminated tip (that is, a tip which tapers to a sharp point) reduce friction upon entry, allowing the blade to penetrate deeply.

  4. List of fictional swords - Wikipedia

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    It is said to have the power to kill anyone who looks at it. In reality, it can also kill its wielder, being forged from a meteorite composed of radioactive iridium-80, [30] an isotope of iridium, one second of direct exposure equivalent to a lethal dose. [31] Yūnagi: Yūnagi (夕凪; Evening Calm) is the nodachi of Setsuna Sakurazaki in Negima!

  5. V-42 stiletto - Wikipedia

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    US Army Special Forces unit crest featuring the V-42. After receiving drawings of the proposed knife from its designers, prototypes of the V-42 were submitted by three knifemaking companies - Camillus Cutlery Co., Case Cutlery, and Cattaraugus Cutlery Co. Captain Dermot Michael "Pat" O'Neill, the First Special Service Force's close-combat instructor and a former Detective Sergeant of the ...

  6. Knife money - Wikipedia

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    Pointed tip knives (尖首刀): The end of the blade is curved but lacks the long pointed tip of the needle tip knives. The find spots of this type of knife money in the north-east of China associate it with the State of Yan. In recent years, hoards of up to 2,000 of these knives have been found, sometimes tied together in bundles of 25, 50, or ...

  7. Odds bodkins - Wikipedia

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    Odds bodkins is an archaic English minced oath of the Middle Ages and later.. Odds bodkins is generally considered to probably be a euphemism for "God's body" [1] (or possibly "God's dear body"), [2] although "God's dagger" [2] or "God's [crucifixion] nails" [3] has also been suggested as a possible source, as "bodkin" was current in the Middle Ages as a term for many small sharp implements ...

  8. Kaiken (dagger) - Wikipedia

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    The kaiken was once carried by men and women of the samurai class in Japan.It was useful for self-defense in indoor spaces where the long-bladed katana and intermediate-length wakizashi were inconvenient.

  9. Rondel dagger - Wikipedia

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    A rondel dagger / ˈ r ɒ n d əl / or roundel dagger is a type of stiff-bladed dagger used in Europe in the late Middle Ages (from the 14th century onwards), used by a variety of people from merchants to knights. It was worn at the waist and could be used as a utility tool, or worn into battle or in a jousting tournament as a side arm.