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A blade can be a variety of smaller, edged weapons including the ubiquitous kitchen knife.
 
A blade can be a variety of smaller, edged weapons including the ubiquitous kitchen knife.
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=== Weapon Characteristics ===
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Length: 300mm. Weight: 350.0 grams. Base Price: Cr50.
  
 
== History & Background (Dossier) ==
 
== History & Background (Dossier) ==
 
The earliest knives tend to fashioned from animal horns or bones should a world possess both a [[sophont]] and sophisticated animal life or equivalent [[creature]]s. Other sophonts construct knives from volcanic substances including obsidian. During the [[TL:1-3]] epoch, sophonts generally transition from organic materials to various kinds of shaped and smelted metals.  
 
The earliest knives tend to fashioned from animal horns or bones should a world possess both a [[sophont]] and sophisticated animal life or equivalent [[creature]]s. Other sophonts construct knives from volcanic substances including obsidian. During the [[TL:1-3]] epoch, sophonts generally transition from organic materials to various kinds of shaped and smelted metals.  
  
=== Weapon Manufacture ===
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The [[TL-3]] blade represented in this [[AAB]] article is a relatively sophisticated knife forged by a blacksmith in a smithy of hard iron and perhaps even sophisticated alloys such as hardened steel.  
The [[TL-3]] blade represented in this [[AAB]] article is a relatively sophisticated knife forged by a blacksmith in a smithy of hard iron and perhaps even sophisticated alloys such as hardened steel.
 
  
 
== References & contributors (Sources) ==
 
== References & contributors (Sources) ==

Revision as of 23:47, 29 May 2018

Generic Blade
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Generic Blade
Group: Melee Weapon
Tech Level TL–3
Size 300.0 mm length
Weight 350.0 grams
Cost Cr50
Ammo None
Manufacturer Various
Generic Blade

A Blade (350 grams; Cr50; TL-3) is a hybrid knife weapon.

Description (Specifications)

It has a heavy, flat two-edged blade nearly 300mm in length, and a semi-basket handguard. Because of the bulk of the hand guard, it is generally carried in a belt scabbard. [1]

A blade can be a variety of smaller, edged weapons including the ubiquitous kitchen knife.

Weapon Characteristics

Length: 300mm. Weight: 350.0 grams. Base Price: Cr50.

History & Background (Dossier)

The earliest knives tend to fashioned from animal horns or bones should a world possess both a sophont and sophisticated animal life or equivalent creatures. Other sophonts construct knives from volcanic substances including obsidian. During the TL:1-3 epoch, sophonts generally transition from organic materials to various kinds of shaped and smelted metals.

The TL-3 blade represented in this AAB article is a relatively sophisticated knife forged by a blacksmith in a smithy of hard iron and perhaps even sophisticated alloys such as hardened steel.

References & contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.