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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
- Bokken; unusual, but more than applicable
- 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
- Morning star
- Otta
- Shareeravadi
- Staff
- Shillelagh
- Taiaha
- Tambo
- Tewhatewha
- Tonfa
- Waddy
- War hammer
- Bec de Corbin (also slashing)
- Horseman's pick (also slashing)
- Maul
- Whip (technically)
- Yawara
Chain weapons
- Chain whip (could also be under whips)
- Chigiriki
- Flail
- Kusari-fundo
- Manriki-gusari
- Meteor Hammer
- Nunchaku
- Shoge
- Slungshot (not to be confused with a slingshot, which is ranged)
- Surujin
- Kusarigama
Spears
Pole weapons
- Bill
- Bisento
- Bō
- 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
Knives
- Bayonet
- Balisong (butterfly knife)
- Bowie knife
- Cinquedea
- Cleaver
- Combat knife
- Dagger
- Dirk
- Kaiken
- Kard
- Katara
- 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
- Kukri
- Machete
- Kilij
- Pata
- Rapier
- Smallsword
- Schiavona
- Sai
- Yatagan
- Bastard Sword
Axes
- Battle axe
- Dagger-axe (AKA ko) (hard to classify)
- Danish axe
- Doloire
- Fire axe
- 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
Improvised Weapons
- Aruval (a sword-like implement for slicing coconuts)
- Ballpoint Pen
- Baseball Bat
- Blackjack
- Blowtorch
- Brick
- Broken Glass bottle (Traditionally a beer bottle) used as a knife
- Carabiner slipped over the fingers and used like brass knuckles.
- Chainsaw
- Cricket bat
- Crowbar
- Dumbbell
- Flashlight
- Glass bottle used as a club
- Golf club
- Hammer
- Hoe
- Hurling bat
- Ice pick
- Keys
- Ladle[citation needed]
- Lead pipe
- Machete
- Mattock
- Millwall brick
- Nail gun
- Pencil
- Pickaxe
- Pitchfork
- Rake
- Rifle buttstock
- Scissors
- Shiv
- Shovel
- Skillet
- Spirit level[citation needed]
- Stone
- Tennis racket
- Tire iron
- Shock paddles
- Utility knife
- kitchen knife
- pocket knife
- Staple gun
- Chain
- slingshot (ranged)
Miscellaneous weapons
- Deer Horn Knives
- Macana (a catch-all for several weapons)
- Mere
- Shobo
- Taser
- Tessen
- Wind and fire wheels