#stiletto

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The sword of the day is the stiletto.

The stiletto is an Italian renaissance-era dagger with a long, slender profile and a needle-like point. It is a development on the rondel dagger, and initially served a very similar purpose; a backup weapon to pierce through gaps in armor while in extremely close quarters combat. It was also developed from a second weapon, called a misericorde, used to deliver mercy kills to downed knights through their heavy armor. The narrow blade could penetrate through chain mail at the armpit to reach the heart, or even stab through the eye slits of a helmet to kill quickly via brain injury. Later, the stiletto was adopted as an assassin’s weapon, easily concealed and able to pierce through heavy leather and fabric clothing. The strikingly narrow blade is so iconic that it remains a name for many different kinds of long, narrow features, like extremely thin high heeled shoes.

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Belgium Model: Julie Skyhigh.

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Italian stiletto disguised as a fan

Italy, 2nd half of the 19th century.

A stiletto blade concealed within a bone and wood sheath in the shape of a closed fan, complete with rivet and 'folds'; the 'guards' decorated with inlaid grotesques and masks. 231 mm long, 241 mm with cover on.

At the British Museum, not on display.

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X-3 Stiletto

This unusual shape earned the X-3 the nickname “Stiletto” – much like a stiletto knife or the heel of a stiletto shoe. Most certainly one of the sleekest aircraft ever produced by 1952, it looks fast even when not moving. It is clear the X-3 was intended to pierce through the sky like a dagger

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Italian Model: Chiara Bianchino.

Shop: Shoebidoo

Brand: Sanctum

Type: Giaro-Belinda.

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HOT AF!!!!!!

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Toe cleavage

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"Daggers and poniards", from Guide des amateurs d'armes et armures anciennes by Auguste Demmin (1869), translated as Weapons of War by C.C. Black (1870)

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