Antique Daggers

Antique daggers are hand weapons used more as a collector's item rather than for a functional reason. Daggers are increasingly becoming a favourite collectible and are available with antique dealers for select clients. Leading manufacturers are making reproductions of original antique daggers using the finest of materials.

Types of Antique Daggers

• Hunting daggers
• Skinning daggers
• Pocket daggers
• Specialty daggers

Style and Design
There are several leading companies manufacturing reproductions of antique daggers mostly used for decoartive purpose and including :

• Stiletto: An Italian dagger with a slender blade and fancy handle, popularly used in 17th century.
• Rondel: An straight bladed and narrow dagger with a disc shaped guard, popularly used in the 14th century.
• Baselard: This dagger originated in Switzerland during the middle age, but again gained popularity during the 1930s, with the Nazis using it extensively.