South African Navaja for comment

[Chris Evans]

Originally Posted by fernando

one, but not only, quick source

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/afrikaans.htm

Hola Fernando,

Thanks for that link and your comments. One learns something new every day; And I always thought that Afrikaans was written and read in the Roman alphabet - Goes to show how wrong one can be.

You are most right in your reading of Forton. What fascinates me is the number of navajas, pre 1850, that were made in France. Of course, we'll never know, but it is an interesting speculation. Perhaps the whole 19th century, at least after the Napoleonic wars and as far as the navaja is concerned, belongs to France and not to Spain.

Cheers
Chris