Rondel dagger

The Rondel Dagger Dagger is a European form, which occurs from the 14th to the 16th century.

Description

Between handle and blade there was a plate-shaped disc, which served as a guard. At the same time it served as a support for the hand to exert more pressure when stitch can. Often, another slice is at the pommel.

The blade shapes varied greatly; so there are both single-edged (which then should no longer be called a dagger) as well as double-edged pieces, and even thin armor-piercing blades were very common, because, between the plates of armor of the 15th and 16th centuries, especially through the visor could pierce. The Rondel Dagger was very popular with the aristocracy, and usually served a military purpose. However, there are also many indications that the Rondel Dagger of citizens and lower registry members was born. He was a popular melee weapon, which was used together with a buckler in single combat.

The Rondel Dagger was one of the most popular dagger forms of the late Middle Ages. The distribution area extended from England to Scandinavia, Central and Western Europe to Spain. He is also the preferred dagger form in the representations of fencing manuscripts of the 15th and 16th century.