Jagged Dagger Dacian Pewter Pendant

Magic Items Wearables
By Fire Mountain

Pewter jagged dagger pendant, approx. 16x56mm

Measurements listed are overall and include bail. Bails have a substantial hole size and are perfect for stringing on cord.

Dagger
A dagger (from Vulgar Latin: 'daca' - a Dacian knife) is a double-edged knife used for stabbing, thrusting or as a secondary defense weapon in close combat. In most cases a tang extends into the handle along the center line of the blade.

Much like battle axes, daggers evolved out of prehistoric tools. They were initially made of flint, ivory or even bone and were used as a weapon since the earliest periods of human civilization. The earliest daggers appear in the Bronze Age, in the 3rd millennium BC, predating the sword, which essentially developed from oversized daggers. Although the standard dagger would at no time be very effective against axes, spears or even maces due to its limited reach, it was an important step towards the development of a more useful close combat weapon: the sword.

However, almost from the very beginning of Egyptian history, daggers were adorned as ceremonial objects with golden hilts and later even more ornate and varied construction. Until recently military officers wore ceremonial daggers as a symbol of power and soldiers are still equipped with combat knives.