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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.

In the Victorian period, weapon historians introduced the term kidney dagger, due to the two lobes at the guard, which could also be seen as kidney-shaped, in order to avoid any sexual connotation.^[1] The hilt was often constructed of box root (dudgeon) in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the dagger was sometimes called a dudgeon dagger or dudgeonhafted dagger in this period.^[2] The Bollock dagger was often used during Shakespeare's time and was only permitted to be carried by men. This dagger was most commonly used as a backup weapon for a sword or spear. The dagger first started appearing on continental effigies around 1300–1350, and has one of the longest usage periods of any of the five main types of medieval daggers.^[3]

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^ Blair, C. (1962). European and American Arms c. 1100—1800. B. T. Batsford, London.
^ Shakespeare, William (1884). Rolfe, William James (ed.). Shakespeare's Works. Vol. 14. Harper & Brothers. p. 186. Bishop Wilkins, in the Alphabetical Dict. appended to his Essay towards a Real Character, 1668, gives "Dudgeon, root of box," and "Dudgeon-dagger, a small sword whose handle is of the root of box."{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ "Spotlight: The Bollock Dagger". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

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Spotlight: The Ballock Dagger (myArmoury.com article)
Mary Rose Trust

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+{{short description|Type of dagger}}
-[[File:Dagger guard, design by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg|thumb|right|''Design of a guard for a ballock-dagger with top mount of the scabbard'', by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]], {{nowrap|''c.'' 1536–38}}]]
+{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
+{{more footnotes needed|date=July 2020}}
+[[File:Dagger guard, design by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg|thumb|upright|''Design of a guard for a ballock-dagger with top mount of the scabbard'', by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]], {{nowrap|c. 1536–1538}}]]
 [[File:MaryRose-bollock daggers.jpg|thumb|upright|right|A set of bollock daggers found on board the 16th century ship ''[[Mary Rose]]''. The blades have either completely corroded or remain only in the form of concretions.]]
-The '''bollock dagger''' or '''ballock knife''' is a type of [[dagger]] with a distinctively shaped shaft, with two oval swellings at the guard resembling male genitalia ("[[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, England and Scotland between the 13th and 18th centuries, in particular the [[Tudor period]]. In England the bollock dagger was commonly carried by many [[Border Reivers]], as a backup for the lance and the sword. A large number of such weapons were found aboard the wreck of the [[Mary Rose]]. In use, the bollock dagger was similar to the Scottish [[dirk]].
+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]].
-In the Victorian period weapon historians introduced the term '''kidney dagger''', due to the two lobes at the guard, which could also be seen as kidney-shaped, in order to avoid any sexual connotation. (Blair 1962).
+In the Victorian period, weapon historians introduced the term '''kidney dagger''', due to the two lobes at the guard, which could also be seen as kidney-shaped, in order to avoid any sexual connotation.<ref>Blair, C. (1962). ''European and American Arms c. 1100—1800''. B. T. Batsford, London.</ref>  The hilt was often constructed of [[buxus|box]] root (dudgeon) in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the dagger was sometimes called a '''dudgeon dagger''' or '''dudgeonhafted dagger''' in this period.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shakespeare |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5wcYAAAAYAAJ |title=Shakespeare's Works |date=1884 |publisher=[[Harper & Brothers]] |year=1884 |editor-last=Rolfe |editor-first=William James |volume=14 |pages=186 |language=en |quote=Bishop Wilkins, in the ''Alphabetical Dict.'' appended to his ''Essay towards a Real Character'', 1668, gives “''Dudgeon'', root of box,” and “''Dudgeon-dagger'', a small sword whose handle is of the ''root of box''.”}}</ref>
+The Bollock dagger was often used during Shakespeare's time and was only permitted to be carried by men. This dagger was most commonly used as a backup weapon for a [[sword]] or [[spear]].
+The dagger first started appearing on continental [[effigies]] around 1300–1350, and has one of the longest usage periods of any of the five main types of medieval daggers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spotlight: The Bollock Dagger|url=http://myarmoury.com/feature_spot_bd.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012121556/http://myarmoury.com/feature_spot_bd.html|archive-date=2007-10-12|access-date=2021-03-29}}</ref>
-The hilt was often constructed of [[buxus|box]] root (dudgeon) in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the dagger was sometimes called '''dudgeon dagger''' or '''dudgeonhafted dagger''' in this period.
-The bollock dagger is the source of the expression, to get, or give, a "bollocking", meaning to give or receive a severe chastisement.<ref>{{cite web
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-| url=http://www.interknife.co.uk/shopping/bollockdagger.html
-| title=The Bollock Daggers |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070928140501/http://www.interknife.co.uk/shopping/bollockdagger.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-09-28}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=January 2011}}
 == References ==
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-*Blair, C. (1962). ''European and American Arms c. 1100—1800''. B. T. Batsford, London.
-===External links===
+==External links==
-*[http://www.myarmmoury.com/http://www.myarmoury.com/feature_spot_bd.html Spotlight: The Ballock Dagger] (myArmoury.com article)
+*[http://www.myarmoury.com/feature_spot_bd.html Spotlight: The Ballock Dagger] (myArmoury.com article)
 *[http://www.maryrose.org Mary Rose Trust]
-*[http://www.interknife.co.uk/shopping/bollockdagger.html Interknife - picture of various bollock daggers]
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