The following is a list of notable daggers, either historical or modern. A dagger is a knife with a sharp point designed for fighting.
Ancient daggers
European tradition
- High Middle Ages
 
- Late Middle Ages
 
- Anelace (14th century long English dagger, worn as an accoutrement)
 - Baselard (14th century long cutting dagger)
 - Bollock dagger, rondel dagger, ear dagger (thrust oriented, by hilt shape)
 - Poignard
 
- Renaissance
 
- Cinquedea (broad short sword)
 - Misericorde (weapon)
 - Stiletto (16th century but could be around the 14th)
 
- Modern
 
- Dirk (Scotland)
 - Hunting dagger (18th-century Germany)
 - Parrying dagger (17th- to 18th-century rapier fencing)
 - Sgian-dubh (Scotland)
 - Trench knife (WWI)
 - Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife (British Armed Forces, WW2)
 - Puñal (Spain, Latin America)
 - Push dagger
 
Asian tradition
African tradition
American tradition
Military issue or commercial designs, 1918 to present.
- BC-41 (WWII)
 - Cuchillo De Paracaidista (Argentine Paratroopers)
 - Arkansas toothpick (19th-century US)
 - Facón (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)
 - Corvo (19th-century Chile)
 - Gerber Mark II (1967)
 - Push dagger
 - United States Marine Raider stiletto (WWII)
 - V-42 stiletto (WWII)
 - "Yank" Levy fighting knife
 
See also
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