A Dark Elf dagger as depicted in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.
A dagger is a long-bladed, single-or-double edged knife that is the principle form of cutlery -- serviceable and concealable -- in the Old World rather than a preferred weapon of combat. Still, given their availability and versatile use, nearly everyone who can afford one, has one. Daggers, as a category, include all short-bladed nelee weapons ranging from the short leaf-bladed knives used by Halflings to the Elven "Long Knives," the balde of which measures nearly 16 inches, and the even longer Tilean stiletto or Bretonnian misericorde.[2a]
These blades have a wooden handle covered with a leather grip, and most have a short hilt to protect the hand. Daggers are very different from the fighting blade known as a main gauche, which features a broader hilt to parry incoming attacks.[2a]
The best-crafted of daggers always have a hilt. Their pommel is often a cut gemstone, though any ornate device serves. Like longer blades, dagger blades have a central grove called a fuller to channel blood off the weapon. Other exotic versions feature a curved blade, while others have acid-scored runes or engravings on the blade itself.[2a][2b]
Somewhat less well-crafted daggers have blades of iron, instead of steel, with a stitched grip instead of being wrapped. The pommel, though of the same metal as the rest of the knife, is carved to reflect a design like flames, or it features the maker's mark or noblr house insignia of the owner.[2b]
Sources[]
- 1: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition: Core Rulebook (RPG)
- 1a: pg. 107
- 2: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition: Old World Armoury (RPG)
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