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Blade facts for kids

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Knife blades

A blade is the flat, sharp part of a tool or weapon used to cut or stab, such as a knife or sword. Most blades have handles. Blades can be used to stab, cut, or separate things. It can also be the top part of grass or the leaf of a plant. Blades come in all different sizes and shapes, sharpness and materials.

Images for kids

  • Kinmichi II - Short Sword with Black Lacquer Saya - Walters 511261

    The blade of a Japanese sword.

  • Whale knife hg

    Blade of a whale knife

  • Clip point knife blade

    Blade with a nail pull

  • Drop point knife blade

    Drop-point blade

  • Clip point knife blade

    Clip-point blade

  • Spear point knife blade

    Spear-point blade

  • Oakeshott types

    The Oakeshott typology categorizes knightly swords by their shape.

  • British Museum Sittingbourne Seax

    An Anglo-Saxon "broken-back" seax from Sittingbourne in Kent, inscribed in Insular majuscules ☩ BIORHTELM ME ÞORTE ("Biorhtelm made me") and ☩ S[I]GEBEREHT ME AH ("S[i]gebereht owns me").

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cuchilla (herramienta) para niños

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