List of melee weapons

This is a list of melee weapons. It includes modern and historical but not fictional weapons from fantasy or role-playing games. Melee weapons (from French, "mixed", referring to groups of fighters interlocked in close combat) are any weapon that does not involve a projectile — that is, both the user and target of the weapon are in contact with it simultaneously in normal use. As such these do not include statically emplaced weapons, like a boobytrap or burning devices, but are carried by the troops. A melee weapon is a type of "cold weapon".

Blunt weapons

• Some varieties of Boomerang (not all are ranged)
• Chúi
• Club
• Eku
• Gun (staff) (not the projectile weapon)
• Hanbō
• Jō
• Jitte
• Kubotan
• La canne
• Lathi
• Mace
  • Flanged mace
  • Roundhead
• Morning star
• Otta
• Shareeravadi
• Staff
  • Quarterstaff
• Shillelagh
• Taiaha
• Tambo
• Tewhatewha
• Tonfa
• Waddy
• War hammer
  • Bec de Corbin (also slashing)
  • Horseman's pick (also slashing)
  • Maul
• Whip (technically)
  • Bullwhip
  • Cat o' nine tails
  • Knout
  • Nagyka
  • Sjambok
• Yawara

Chain weapons

• Chain whip (could also be under whips)
• Chigiriki
• Flail
• Kusari-fundo
• Kusari-gama
• Manriki-gusari
• Meteor Hammer
• Nunchaku
  • Tabak-Toyok
  • Three section staff
• Shoge
• Slungshot (not to be confused with a slingshot, which is ranged)
• Surujin
• Kusarigama

Spears

• Lance
• Pike
• Javelin
• Sarissa
• Doru
• Assegai
• Hasta
• Pilum
• Trident
• Yari

Pole Weapons

• Bill
• Bisento
• Bō
  • Yubi-bo
• Brandistock
• Chacing staff
• Chicken Sickles (a class of weapon; also includes one type of sword)
• Falx
• Fauchard
• Gandasa
• Glaive
• Guisarme
• Guan dao
• Halberd
• Kama
• Lucerne hammer
• Man catcher
• Monk's Spade
• Naginata
• Ngaw
• Poleaxe
• Scythe
• Sickle
• Voulge
• War hammer

Knives

• Bayonet
• Balisong (butterfly knife)
• Bowie knife
• Cinquedea
• Cleaver
• Combat knife
• Dagger
• Dirk
• Kaiken
• Kard
• Kerambit
• Kris
• Kodachi (arguably a very short sword)
• Kukri
• Kunai (arguably an improvised weapon)
• Machete
• Phurba
• Rondel
• Scramasax
• Stiletto
• Switchblade
• Sword breaker
• Tantō
• Trench knife

Swords and fencing

• Broadsword
• Longsword

• Claymore
• Cutlass
• Falchion
• Flame-bladed sword
• Xiphos
• Gladius
• Spatha
• Katana
• Wakizashi
• Jian
• Dao
• Saif
• Shamshir
• Scimitar
• Kilij
• Pata
• Rapier
• Smallsword
• Schiavona
• Sai
• Yatagan

Axes

• Battle axe
• Dagger-axe (AKA ko) (hard to classify)
• Danish axe
• Doloire
• Francisca (hatchet like handheld & throwing weapon)
• Labrys (AKA double axe)
• Lochaber axe
• Long-bearded axe
• Masakari
• Nzappa zap
• Ono
• Sagaris
• Tabar Zin
• Tomahawk
• Valaška

Glove Weapons

• Bagh nakh
• Brass knuckles
• Cestus
• Neko-te
• Srbosjek
• Pata
• Tekko
• SAP gloves

Improvised Weapons

• Aruval (a sword-like implement for slicing coconuts)
• Baseball Bat
• Blowtorch
• Carabiner slipped over the fingers and used like brass knuckles.
• Chainsaw
• Crowbar
• Flashlight
• Hammer
• Ladle
• Mattock
• Millwall brick
• Pickaxe
• Pitchfork
• Keys
• Shiv (weapon)
• Tire iron
• Skillet
• Golf Club
• Tennis Racket
• Cricket Bat
• Shovel
• Sock fulla pennies
• Brick
• Sledgehammer
• T-Ball Bat
• Lead Pipe
• Machete
• Spirit level
• Rifle Buttstock
• Glass Bottle
• Rake
• Hoe
• Scissors
• Stone
• Ice pick
• Dumbbell

Miscellaneous weapons

• Deer Horn Knives
• Macana (a catch-all for several weapons)
  • Macuahuitl
• Mere
• Shobo
• Taser
• Tessen
• Wind and fire wheels

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