Scythian iron daggers, 5th century

Ngala sword, Congo, 20th century.

Tibetan sword decorated with brass, red coral & turquoise. Eighteenth or nineteenth century.

Nineteenth century Tuareg sword & daggers

Qing dynasty jade sword.

Sudanese throwing knife, c. 1800. Something’s gonna stick, by god.

Dolne Apache knuckleduster pinfire revolver with teeny little shivving blade, French, circa late 1860′s

Fancy silver-decorated Armenian yataghan, 19th c.

I’m not sure whether there’s an actual blade in there, or some damn fool decided that a dagger grip was just a good…

Is there anything more metal than making weapons of the bones (yes, I appreciate the irony) of your enemies?