Weaponry

The knife is the most pop­u­lar type of weapon and has main­tained its pop­ular­ity through the ages. Ef­fi­cient and com­pact, knives were used world­wide by people of all trades and pro­fes­sions. Nat­ur­ally, the ap­pear­ance and the us­age of knives have var­ied widely among cul­tures and time peri­ods, but the ba­sic knife fea­tures still re­main nearly the same. Read more about dif­fer­ent types of knives.

Cur­rently, cold weapons are al­most com­pletely re­placed by fire­arms be­cause of the re­duced role of blades in com­bat con­di­tions. However, the rav­ish­ing beauty of cold weapons still at­tracts col­lect­ors and ad­mirers who re­cog­nize either the unique fine­ness of fight­ing blades or the dazzling beauty of or­na­ment­al en­graved or en­crus­ted blades. Nat­ur­ally, com­bat knives are still in use world­wide, but they are more of a leg­acy than part of daily life.

If you ap­pre­ci­ate the beauty of cold weapons and if you in­vol­un­tar­ily come to a stand­still upon see­ing a beau­ti­ful blade made by a mastered ar­morer, you will find this sec­tion in­ter­est­ing. It dis­cusses pop­u­lar types of knives and prop­er knife care prac­tices.

Please, read the following articles:

• Combat Knives
• Hunting Knives
• Folding Knives
• Throwing Knives
• Daggers
• Swords
• Knife Care