Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th November 2007, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Hi Gav,
First, allow me to thank you for...
Hi Gav,
First, allow me to thank you for that wonderful contribution of yours by way of that newspaper article. It adds significantly to our sum total of knowledge.
Now down to work:
1. Re...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2007, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Hi freebooter&Fernando
I don't think...
Hi freebooter&Fernando
I don't think that I can do any better than Marc, in fact, I think that he hit the nail on the head. Congratulations Marc and well done. How did you manage to link...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2007, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,818
Hi Battara,
If Mexican, where...
Hi Battara,
If Mexican, where would the local cutlers have obtained such a hefty piece of horn? I mean it looks more like that of water buffalo or similar than cattle. Also, how did they...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2007, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Hi Fernando,
Thank you for that very...
Hi Fernando,
Thank you for that very informative essay on navajas in Portugal. Did the Portuguese also have to suffer the same weapon bans as the Spaniards in the 18th century?
Cheers
Chris
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2007, 06:59 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,818
Hi Robert,
Call me suspicious, but there is...
Hi Robert,
Call me suspicious, but there is something not quite right with this knife. The condition and luster of the fittings is inconsistent with that of the blade and sheath.
Other than...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2007, 04:06 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Hi cylord21
Thank you for reminding...
Hi cylord21
Thank you for reminding us. I do remember seeing that very old navaja. I am inclined to think that it was probably from Santa Cruz de Mudela rather than Albacete.
Of all the old...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2007, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Gentlemen,
Thank you.
I was a young...
Gentlemen,
Thank you.
I was a young boy when given my first navaja, it was just like these two. As you can probably tell, almost 60yrs later my enthusiasm for this curious breed of folders...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th November 2007, 04:28 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Hi Gav,
OK. we here a obviously...
Hi Gav,
OK. we here a obviously Spanish style non functional souvenir grade navaja manufactured some time ago, but we don't know when. Apart from the ubiquitous "TOLEDO" there is nothing else...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2007, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Hi David,
I tend to agree with Fernando in...
Hi David,
I tend to agree with Fernando in that you haven't missed out on much. It appears to be a low grade 20th century, possibly French navaja in a sorry state of disrepair.
I have my own...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2007, 04:55 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Hi Fernando,
You are absolutely right...
Hi Fernando,
You are absolutely right and I stand corrected. By way of a lame excuse, what I was stating was considered normal usage of the word in South American Spanish and I forgot about...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2007, 04:17 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Hi Gav,
You have a very nice collection....
Hi Gav,
You have a very nice collection. That large navaja is a beauty and most valuable.
I fear that Fernando, overstates my knowledge of navajas, but all the same will try to make a couple...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2007, 12:53 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Hi Gav,
Welcome to this forum.
...
Hi Gav,
Welcome to this forum.
First I must remind all forumites that right up to the the early decades of the 20th century, illiteracy in Spain was the norm, rather than the exception...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th August 2007, 07:17 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,464
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2007, 03:11 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,464
Hi Fernando,
That is unquestionably a...
Hi Fernando,
That is unquestionably a rapier blade and as Jim said, of probably Spanish origins I can't help you with any more than that, but would love to know its weight - Any chance of you...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th August 2007, 04:13 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 8,813
Feranando,
What a wonderful pistol - I bet...
Feranando,
What a wonderful pistol - I bet it wasn't cheap.
My attitude to weapons in general is that they are implements of survival. Without them we would have no way to hunt of defend...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th July 2007, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,581
Hi Fernando,
The currently popular view that...
Hi Fernando,
The currently popular view that the primary function of the `carraca' ratchet was to intimidate the opponent, at least to me, makes very little sense. Only a very faint hearted person...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th July 2007, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,581
Hi Folks,
Here is a link to a Spanish forum...
Hi Folks,
Here is a link to a Spanish forum in which the reason for the `carraca' ratchet on navajas is being discussed. In short , the respondent claims that he read somewhere that it was a legal...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd July 2007, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,581
Hi Rafael,
Nice to receive your input.
...
Hi Rafael,
Nice to receive your input.
1. Re Valero Jun: Do you know for certain that that was his family name? It sound plausible.
2. Re Carraca (Ratchet): I tend to agree with you that it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd July 2007, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,256
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2007, 02:17 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,581
Hi Fernando,
I must admit that I also...
Hi Fernando,
I must admit that I also wondered about the "Jun" quite a lot. I am afraid that I can only speculate. To even attempt answering that question we would need to know more about that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd May 2007, 03:51 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,581
Hola Fernando,
That navaja style is most...
Hola Fernando,
That navaja style is most definitely French, more specifically from Thiers.
I always wondered whether those sold with Valero Jun stamped into the blade, were made in Spain or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2007, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Hi Battara,
Well, that was...
Hi Battara,
Well, that was generally the case with the Spanish cutlers. It may well be that that navaja was custom made for a Boer who was in Spain at the time. I suppose that we'll never...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2007, 12:09 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Hi Fernando,
I am envious of Mr.Costa - He...
Hi Fernando,
I am envious of Mr.Costa - He must have handled so many antique navajas! Thanks for making his notes available to us.
Hi Batara,
A fascinating piece, whose history I dearly...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th April 2007, 12:58 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Hi Fernando,
Very kind of you to...
Hi Fernando,
Very kind of you to offer - Why not? It is all good research. There is still a lot to be discovered about navajas.
Cheers
Chris
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th April 2007, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 41,340
Hola Fernando,
Muchisimas gracias.
For...
Hola Fernando,
Muchisimas gracias.
For those incurable romantics, who like myself, are infatuated with these wonderful folding knives, Spanish navajas, Fernando has kindly made available a list...
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