Angel Blades

See also: Archangel Blade

Angel Blades are weapons carried by most Angels. They are long, silver, double-edged daggers that can be used to kill Angels, Seraphs, Hellhounds, Demons, Reapers and possibly other supernatural creatures. When this dagger-like weapon kills an angel, intense light explodes from the vessel, leaving that body withered. This weapon is considerably powerful as it is one of the few weapons that can kill angels.

Overview
Despite Uriel's claim that only angels can kill other angels, other beings have been able to successfully use these against angels at times. Dean used one to kill Zachariah, but needed to trick him to get close enough to do it. Sam failed in the same task earlier with a different blade. Dean later tries to kill Raphael with one, but he catches the blade. After Castiel absorbs all the power of the souls of Purgatory, Sam tries to kill him with one to no avail as he is no longer an angel.

Even demons, such as Meg, have made use of these weapons. Meg used an Angel blade to kill a pack of Crowley's Hellhounds, and in a later episode, used one to kill the Angel Hester to protect Castiel. Crowley somehow acquires one and uses it to torture Samandriel, but doesn't kill him. He later threatens Castiel with it, but never gets to use it on him. In Torn and Frayed, it is shown on screen for the first time that angel blades can in fact kill demons when Sam is able to kill two with one of these blades and when Meg is later killed by Crowley in Goodbye Stranger as well as three other demons killed with the blades through the episode.

Known Users

 * Castiel
 * Sam Winchester
 * Dean Winchester
 * Uriel
 * Anna Milton
 * Mary Winchester
 * Rachel
 * Hester
 * Meg
 * Crowley

Appearances

 * Season 4
 * On The Head Of A Pin


 * Season 5
 * Sympathy for the Devil
 * The Song Remains the Same
 * Point of No Return


 * Season 6
 * The Third Man
 * Caged Heat
 * Frontierland
 * The Man Who Knew Too Much


 * Season 7
 * Reading Is Fundamental


 * Season 8
 * A Little Slice of Kevin
 * Torn and Frayed
 * Goodbye Stranger

Trivia

 * Despite initial claims that an Angel can only be killed by another Angel, it has been shown that anyone who wields an Angel Blade can kill one. In can be inferred that the statement meant that because only Angels naturally have access to Angel Blades, that they are the only ones who can kill other Angels.
 * It's unknown if a regular blade can kill an archangel, however as Raphael defended himself from Dean who had such a blade implies that (at the very least) he can be injured by it.