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Parrying Dagger
Parrying Dagger
c. 1580–1610
Steel, copper wire
Overall: 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in.); Blade: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.); Quillions: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)
Weight: 80 g (2.82 oz.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1657
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The perforations within the blade were meant to provide elasticity, preventing it from snapping during vigorous parries. The serrations were arranged not for producing an unpleasant wound, but to "catch" the adversary's blade.
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