Parrying Dagger ca. 1550-75 Italian Designed to be used together with a rapier, this dagger is fitted with a side ring, recurved quillons, and a depression at the base of one side of the blade to accommodate the thumb and facilitate a firmer grip. The waves in the blade may be intended to act like "speed bumps" in breaking the impact of a blow from an opponent's blade. The piercing of the fullers (grooves) is a decorative motif.. Parrying Dagger. Italian. ca. 1550-75. Steel, gold, brass, wood. Daggers
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