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:''For the place in Armenia, see [[Kard, Armenia]].''
A '''kard''' is a type of [[Islamic]] knife found in [[Turkey]], [[Armenia]], [[Iran|Persia]], and all the way to [[India]]. Mostly used in the 18th century and before, it has a straight single edged blade and is usually no longer than 16 inches in length. It has no guard, and usually the handle was bone, ivory, or horn. It was mostly a stabbing weapon, and commonly the point would be reinforced to penetrate [[chain mail]]. A major characteristic of a kard is that the hilt is only partially covered by the sheath.
[[Category:Knives]]
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[[lt:Kardas (peilis)]]