Interesting Spanish Canary Islands Punal

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Chris Evans

Hi Atlantia,


It is a Canary Islands `Naife', a corruption of the English word `Knife'.

These links are in Spanish but can be translated with something like Babel


http://www.terra.es/personal8/jlmmor...s-canarios.htm

And

http://armasblancas.mforos.com/933156/5569293-naifes/

Cheers
Chris

G'day Chris
Isn't punal the generic term for these? Not that 'me Espaniole' is very good, but it's 'dagger' isn't it? I mean, why do some call these knife and others dagger, is ther a theory that they are not 'offensive' in purpose?
What are your thoughts on the ridges?
Regards
gene