Is there a reason why daggers should have a guard? It seems

Guards are made so that your hand doesn't slide onto the blade and cut you if you pierce flesh, not for blocking other blades.

>>3126763
You haven't done fencing have you.

I'll bring up a codex in a sec.

>>3126768
>fencing
>with daggers
I should have been more precise though, I meant guards on daggers only.

>>3126763
Oh yeah, thats another reason but I'm sure it was both reasons. Hmm so were Asians just never worried about cutting their fingers on their daggers?

>>3126787
So only dagger fencing? Or fencing with daggers?

>>3126788
I'm honestly not sure.
Maybe they were held with a different grip? Or maybe it was just japanese autism about their weapons?
>>3126800
No I was saying that fencing has nothing to do with daggers, assuming that we're talking about the modern sport.

>>3126832
I meant fencing as in the art of defence.

European daggers had large guards because they were used in conjunction with a rapier, against rapiers. It could displace a blow by lifting a thrust and ftwisting your wrist to push it away and go for a counter thrust.

Asians however never used thrust oriented weapons. Daggers were seldom used on the battlefield and when it was, they were often thrown as a distraction before coming for a strike.

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>>3126832

>>3126859
>>3126869
You are right, I forgot about defensive daggers.

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>>3126832
Not just the japs, alot of Indian daggers and some flip and Persian/central Asian ones as well.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesh-kabz
though I guess the fact many of them like the one in the link were curved daggers may have something to do with it?

>>3126859
oh so,Jap knives were mostly used for throwing bit stabbing? What about the kaiken amd tanto though?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantō

>>3126758
If you look at medieval daggers, many of them didn't have large quillions, those start to be common with companion daggers.
Bollock daggers and many baselards have a guard but quite a small one.

The dagger shown is for fighting in armor, so that having a guard isn't exactly crucial as your hands and arms should already be protected by gauntlets or the likes.

Of course, if your dagger is mainly used for parrying as it came to proeminence in 16th century Europe, you'll start to see knuckle-bows, large quillions and bell guards coming up.

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>>3126869

>POCKET KNIFE

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