A kard ( fa, کارد, kārd, knife) is the equivalent in the
Persian language for
knife.
In the specialist jargon, Kard is considered a type of knife found in the
Persianate societies like
Persia, Turkey,
Armenia and all the way to India. Mostly used in the 18th century and before, it has a straight single edged blade and is usually no longer than in length. It has no guard, and usually the handle was bone, ivory, or horn. It was mostly a stabbing weapon, and commonly the point would be reinforced to penetrate
chain mail. A major characteristic of a kard is that the hilt is only partially covered by the sheath.
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