These Dagger Sword Stainless Steel Stud Earrings are the perfect way to show off your sophisticated style. The sword symbolizes power, protection, authority, strength, and courage; metaphysically, it represents discrimination and the penetrating power of the intellect. The sword is phallic, with the sheath being yonic. It is a symbol of knighthood and chivalry. This design can be symbolic of an individual's conquering of death.