Download or read book Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World written by Harold Leslie Peterson and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profusely illustrated, full-scale reference by a leading authority on edged weapons provides a clearly written historical analysis of the entire range of weapons used in hand-to-hand combat ? from prehistoric flint knives and bronze daggers of 1000 BC to eared daggers of the mid-16th century and 19th-century British and American naval dirks.