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There are a quite a few weapons that pirates used so I will cover a few of them
Cutlass- Cutlass is a short, thick sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the
cutting edge, and a hilt ofen featuring a solid cupped or basket shaped guard.
Dagger- The dagger was a small multi-purpose knofe that was used at dinner. It is known that the dagger usally had a cross
bar or hilt to keep the hand off the blade and swords off the hand. The hilt's most importent function came into play in a
cutlass fight, because it could 'catch' the strike of a blade. The user could deflectthe blow, swiftly swing the cutlass to
the side and awser with a hand cutting motion of his own.
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