Quote by Ian Shaw

“Each weapon is a work of art, and I wonder what drives the impulse to make the instruments of death beautiful. A jewel-encrusted dagger.…

— Breeana Shields

“Every time he studied this instrument, with its slender, gleaming steel rod that tapered down to such needle-like sharpness, he wondered why it was…

— Ryū Murakami

While the foods were being prepared, I watched as men dragged a foot-operated grinding wheel into an open space, and the groom devoted a…

— Gregory David Roberts

“They offer a wrist-grasp of peace, but that is only to hold you close, by the sword-arm,' he told us, sucking ale off the…

— Robert Low

“I surveyed the weapon inquisitively. A hideous notion struck me: how powerful I should be possessing such an instrument! I took it from his…

— Emily Brontë

Whenever you see a sword swallower perform, it makes you wonder what sort of activities they used to do to make them realize they…

— Azgraybebly Joslan

“Unsheathe your dagger definitions.”

— James Joyce

“His fingers wrapped around the smooth metal handle, and he eased the knife from its sweat-patinaed leather sheath and weaved the blade skillfully through…

— Jacqueline Patricks

Daggers ever at the ready, I went about the day: children fed, linens mended, bedclothes aired. In little ways one conquers fear.

— Sandra Gulland

“No human metal had gone into the forging of that blade. It was alive with moonlight, translucent, a shard of crystal so thin that…

— George R.R. Martin

“Hold him,” he told Jesper and the Fjerdan. Kaz flicked his coat sleeve, and an oyster shucking knife appeared in his hand. At any…

— Leigh Bardugo

“cutting shapes or letters into the blade so that it leaves a unique pattern on the subjects skin, and using special or rare types…

— Michael Makai