While all daggers are in practice weapons, there is a lot of variation in their designs, and it’s the blade profile (predominantly) that determines how a given pattern was intended to be used, as well as what its relative advantages were.
For instance, some patterns were designed to be thrust, whereas others were more effective at cutting or slashing or turning an enemy’s blade....
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