The knights templar were a powerful crusading order of knights founded in the 11th century with many of their number recruited from england and france there are many templar castles and churches throughout england including the temple church in london made famous in the da vinci code the knights templar dagger is the perfect sidearm for our best selling knights templar sword it features a forged steel blade with solid brass pommel and guard both adorned with the templar cross in red enamel