Orc-knife

The Orc-knife, a short jagged blade forged by orcs with a hideous squinting leering head carved into its handle, emerges in The Two Towers as a grim trophy from a skirmish. Broken from its haft, it embodies the crude savagery of orc craftsmanship and serves as a stark reminder of the perils faced by the Fellowship's remnants. Though its role is brief and confined to a single book, it underscores the ever-present threat of orcish violence in Middle-earth's escalating conflicts, with no further evolution or reappearance in subsequent volumes.