Iron age axe from Gotland

A bladed weapon is a weapon with a blade. PD image, from Swedish Wikipedia This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... PD image, from Swedish Wikipedia This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The bayonet, still used in war as both knife and spearpoint. ... For other uses of the word blade, see Blade (disambiguation) A blade is the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge typically made of a metal, such as steel used to cut, thrust or strike like knife dagger sword sabre axe bayonet machete cleaver...

Bladed weapons include:

• Knives
  • Cleaver
  • Daggers
  • Bayonet
  • Machetes
• Tools
  • Scythe
  • Sickle
• Swords
  • Sabres
  • Scimitar
  • Foils
  • Rapier
  • Broadswords
• Axes
  • Tomahawk
  • Battleaxe
• Pole weapons
  • Halberd
  • Hatchet
  • Spear

Bladed weapons are made out of a variety of metals including: bronze, iron, and steel. Bladed weapons can also be made of stone, such as flintstone. Construction techniques using ceramics have been devloped recently, however, metal is often added to the ceramic to allow the weapon to be detected by security devices. Traditional Scandinavian puukko knife A knife is a sharp-edged hand tool used for cutting. ... The word cleaver has a number of uses: A cleaver is a large form of knife. ... For the typographical mark, see dagger (typography). ... The US Marine Corps OKC-3S bayonet A bayonet is a knife- or dagger-shaped weapon designed to fit on or over the muzzle of a rifle or similar weapon. ... Machete The machete (International Phonetic Alphabet: ) is a cleaver-like tool that looks like a very large bread knife. ... Modern hammer A tool is, among other things, a device that provides a mechanical or mental advantage in accomplishing a task. ... Using a scythe A scythe is an agricultural hand tool for mowing and reaping grass or crops. ... Using a sickle A sickle is a curved, hand-held agricultural tool typically used for harvesting grain crops before the advent of modern harvesting machinery. ... Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century A sword (from Old English sweord; akin to Old High German swerd lit. ... SABRE (Synergic Air BReathing Engine) is a proposal for a hydrogen-fuelled airbreathing rocket engine/jet engine for propelling launch vehicles into low earth orbit. ... A scimitar with a large blade (kilij) This article refers to the scimitar sword. ... A foil is a type of sword used in fencing. ... A rapier is a relatively slender (they couldnt have blades over an inch in width), sharply pointed sword with a blade at least 90 centimetres in length, often sporting an elaborate hilt and hand-guard. ... The term broadsword was originally used to describe the straight double-edged basket-hilted swords of Europe during the 17th through 19th centuries. ... Firefighter with a fire-axe An axe (also spelt as ax) is a tool with a metal blade that is securely fastened at a 90 degree angle to a handle, usually of wood, while a blade fastened horizontally is called an adze. ... Tomahawk may refer to: The tomahawk, a type of axe made and used by Native Americans The BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile, built in the United States The Curtiss P-40 fighter aircraft Tomahawk, an alternative rock band fronted by Mike Patton Tomahawk, Wisconsin, a city and Tomahawk (town), Wisconsin... For other uses, see Axe (disambiguation). ... A pole weapon or polearm is a close combat weapon with the main fighting part of the weapon placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood. ... Swedish halberds from 16th century A halberd is a two-handed pole weapon that came to prominent use during the 14th and 15th centuries. ... This page is about a sharp instrument, see Hatchet (novel) for the novel. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Bronze figurine, found at Öland Bronze is the traditional name for a broad range of alloys of copper. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... // Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... Pebble beach made up of flint nodules eroded out of the nearby chalk cliffs, Cape Arkona, Rügen Flint (or flintstone) is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline silica rock with a glassy appearance. ... The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word Κεραμεικος (the name of a suburb of Athens), and in its strictest sense refers to clay in all its forms. ...

A bladed weapon can be used as an all purpose tool or for fighting. A fight is an act to establish dominance over an opposition by causing harm by physical or mental damage. ...

See also

• List of swords