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Old 20th October 2009, 02:12 PM   #5
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I assumed that the author knew the difference between a knife and a dagger, so I was stuck looking for a double-edged blade. I now think it's most likely that he makes no difference between them and the picture you linked is what I was looking for.
I just spent a bit of time researching the definition of dagger on the web. Just about all sources define it as a short, pointed knife used primarily for stabbing. Of all the sources i check only one (Wikipedia) mentions that it is "typically" double-edged, though it doesn't say always. The gist of all the definitions seems to be that daggers are intended for stabbing, not slashing. Seems to me that according to these definitions a Pesh Kabz could indeed be properly referred to as a dagger.
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