意式短剑
意式短剑 (意大利语: Stiletto) [1]是一种刀身细长、刀尖如针的特殊匕首，通常为三棱锥形，其主要攻击方式为刺击[2][3]。
短剑的横竖两部分相交处较狭窄，刀身呈渐尖状，这两点能减轻刺入时遭遇的摩擦力，使得刀身能刺得更深[2][4]。部分人将短剑视作一种匕首，但绝大多数短剑都是专门的刺击武器，设计时没考虑过切割和劈砍功能[2][5]。
起源
意式短剑在中世纪开始声名鹊起，当时它作为对抗重装骑士的工具而流行，因为它的薄刀片可以灵活地穿过鏈甲。
此外，短剑是刺客最喜欢的武器之一，因为它是一种易于隐藏的武器，可以藏在袖子里或斗篷下。
几个世纪以来，它几乎总是被认为是一种特别阴险的武器，并且在不同时期，其携带和使用自然是被禁止的。[6][7]
参考文献
- ^ Stiletto (noun). Merriam-Webster.com. 14 January 2024.
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Limburg, Peter R., What's In The Names Of Antique Weapons, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, ISBN 0-698-20233-3, ISBN 9780698202337 (1973), pp. 77-78
- ^ Secret Arms, The Saturday Review, London: Spottiswoode & Co., Vol. 77 No. 2,002 (10 March 1894), pp. 250-251
- ^ Atkins, Anthony G., The Science and Engineering of Cutting: The Mechanics and Processes of Separating, Scratching, and Puncturing Bio-Materials, Metals, and Non-Metals, London: Elsevier Ltd., ISBN 978-0-7506-8531-3 (2009), p. 214
- ^ Cassidy, William L., The Complete Book Of Knife Fighting, ISBN 0-87364-029-2, ISBN 978-0-87364-029-9 (1997), pp. 9-18, 27-36
- ^ Peterson, Harold, Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World, Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-41743-3, ISBN 978-0-486-41743-1 (2002), pp. 16-26
- ^ Ford, Roger, et al., Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor, London: DK Publishing Inc., ISBN 0-7566-2210-7, ISBN 978-0-7566-2210-7 (2006), pp. 69, 131: In the late 1400s new blade shapes were introduced to the rondel dagger, an equilateral triangular cross-section, followed by the appearance of narrow square (cruciform) blades foreshadowing the emergence of the stiletto.