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Silver pattern welded rapier guard, from between 1580 and 1600, with reproduction blade. The hilt (rarely called a haft or shaft) is the handle of a knife, dagger, sword, or bayonet, consisting of a guard, grip, and pommel.
An OTF knife, showing the sliding blade being extended from the handle. A sliding knife is a knife that can be opened by sliding the knife blade out the front of the handle. One method of opening is where the blade exits out the front of the handle point-first and then is locked into place (an example of this is the gravity knife).
A dagger is a knife with a sharp point designed for fighting. Ancient daggers. Acinaces; Bronze Age dagger; Parazonium; Pugio; Sica; European tradition.
This is a list of notable types of weapons which saw use in warfare, and more broadly in combat, prior to the advent of the early modern period, i.e., approximately prior to the start of the 16th century.
A modern claw hammer with rubber-coated handle Knife handle. A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that allows it to be grasped and manipulated by hand.The design of each type of handle involves substantial ergonomic issues, even where these are dealt with intuitively or by following tradition.
The Brazilian Army's Instruction Center on Jungle Warfare developed a machete-style knife with a blade 25 cm (10 in) in length and a very pronounced clip point. This machete is issued with a 13 cm (5 in) Bowie knife and a sharpening stone in the scabbard; collectively called a "jungle kit" ( Conjunto de Selva in Portuguese ); it is manufactured ...
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The Barlow knife has a characteristically long bolster, an elongated oval handle, and one or two blades. [13] It is assumed to have been named after its inventor, although there is some dispute as to which Barlow this actually was. First produced in Sheffield, England, the Barlow knife became popular in America in beginning of the nineteenth ...