Dagger, bollock dagger

Bollock daggers are so-called due to the two oval swellings or lobes on the handle that give it a phallic appearence. They are also called 'kidney' daggers and were often used as civilian weapons. A wooden handle of one-piece construction with metal reinforcement at the base of the lobes, next to the shoulders of the blade. The blade has a single-edged forte, but for most of its length is of hexagonal section and double-edged. Struck with a mark. Although the wearing of armour and carrying of swords in the street was banned by the king in 1351, most men carried a dagger in a sheath at their belts. Fights often broke out, many of which led to stabbings.