#historic weapon

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Duck dagger reproduction, iron age, based on archeological find in current Lithuania

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The Stiletto is a dagger with a long, needle-like blade, primarily intended as a stabbing weapon. It was a development from the Rondel and Misericorde daggers of the medieval period. The word 'stiletto' derives from the Latin 'stilus', a thin pointed Roman writing tool. Often a secondary weapon of knights, it was used to deliver the fatal blow or finish off a heavily damaged opponent. A popular weapon of the Italian Renaissance and through to the end of the 19th century, it followed Italian diaspora to the United States. The city of New Orleans suffered so many Stiletto related deaths it outlawed the sale of ant Stiletto in the city limits in 1879.

Image of a 16th century Stiletto. (Wikimedia Commons).