The movement shot something silver out of his sleeve; it was a carefully shaped blade, padded on one side, which slid along the edge of his hand.
As this elf implies, the daggers were meant more for show than actual use, often having jeweled handles and fancifully shaped blades.
It had three different shaped blades.
It is usually about 1.5" (40 mm) wide with an open crescent shaped blade approx 18" (450mm) across.
Common features of the Chinese spear are the leaf shaped blade and red horse-hair tassel lashed just below.
The Commander features a recurve shaped blade that is 3.75" long and hardened to a Rockwell hardness of 57-59 RC.
The word glaive in French is used to designate both a Roman Gladius and a long spear with a shaped blade on the end.
These used the same shaped blades mounted on the side of the weapon and had a shorter handle.
This rod flared and flattened out into a leaf shaped blade two feet long and full sixinches wide across its center.
As the Foolkiller begins to eliminate Cheese's enforcers, the Cheese calls in a diminutive assassin known as Sickle Moon due to the sickle shaped blade he employs.