bollock dagger

A bollock dagger or ballock knife is a type of dagger with a distinctively shaped hilt, with two oval swellings at the guard resembling male testes ("bollocks"). The guard is often in one piece with the wooden grip, and reinforced on top with a shaped metal washer. The dagger was popular in Scandinavia, Flanders, Wales, Scotland and England between the 13th and 18th centuries, in particular the Tudor period. Within Britain the bollock dagger was commonly carried, including by Border Reivers, as a backup for the lance and the sword. Many such weapons were found aboard the wreck of the Mary Rose. The bollock dagger is the predecessor to the Scottish dirk.

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Frameless

Ballock Knife MET sf63954

Ballock Knife with Sheath MET 62439

Dolk in ijzer, collectie Raakvlak, BR90-GAR-28

Twee dolken Kloten- of nierdolk, NG-1132

Kidney Dagger in Gothic Style, French, made by Henri Husson (MET, 23.149.1)

Nierendolch

Ballock Knife, Western European, possibly Britain (MET, 26.145.7)

Ballock Knife, Western European, possibly Britain (MET, 26.145.7)

Dagger guard, design by Hans Holbein the Younger

Ballock Knife, Western European, possibly Britain (MET, 26.145.7)

• The Kidney Dagger as a Symbol of Masculine Identity – The Ballock Dagger in the Scandinavian Context - scholarly article by Ole‐Magne N⊘ttveit published in October 2006

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Ballock Knife MET sf63954		Commons
commons	image		Ballock Knife with Sheath MET 62439		Commons
commons	image		Dolk in ijzer, collectie Raakvlak, BR90-GAR-28		Commons
commons	image		Twee dolken Kloten- of nierdolk, NG-1132		Commons
commons	image		Kidney Dagger in Gothic Style, French, made by Henri Husson (MET, 23.149.1)		Commons
commons	image		Nierendolch		Commons
commons	image		Ballock Knife, Western European, possibly Britain (MET, 26.145.7)		Commons
commons	image		Ballock Knife, Western European, possibly Britain (MET, 26.145.7)		Commons
commons	image		Dagger guard, design by Hans Holbein the Younger		Commons
commons	image		Ballock Knife, Western European, possibly Britain (MET, 26.145.7)		Commons