Navaja, opinion requested

[Chris Evans]

Detlef: Glad to read that the scales are horn. Does the handle have metallic liners? If you can, please take a close-up photo of the ARMERIA, the ZZ and anything else that may give us a clue; Maybe I can trace its origins from one of my reference books.

Gavin: That's a nice one, and yes, there's something very special about navajas.

Fernado: Thanks for the correction, but keep in mind that many of the cutlers were illiterate, so bad spelling was the norm, rather than the exception

And here's my loose tranlsation into English:

"Cuando acaricia mi mano"
"la cacha de esta navaja"
hasta los valientes tremblan" (tremble)
"al ver mis bravas hazañas" (feats)

When my hands caress the handle of this navaja
Even the brave tremble
After having seen my brave feats.

Cheers
Chris

[asomotif]

There are various film on youtube illustrating making navajas.
Here is a nice one, giving you the feeling of you can start making them at home :-)
If you see this man working, with the most simple tools.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSUK...04BD0D62115CF1

[Chris Evans]

Originally Posted by asomotif

There are various film on youtube illustrating making navajas.
Here is a nice one, giving you the feeling of you can start making them at home :-)
If you see this man working, with the most simple tools.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSUK...04BD0D62115CF1

Good informative video.

Here's another one with more details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXSyixRWyUU

Cheers
Chris

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Chris Evans

... Fernando: Thanks for the correction, but keep in mind that many of the cutlers were illiterate, so bad spelling was the norm, rather than the exception ...

Agreed Chris.
However in this case i saw the navaja in question and the spelling is correct; it is the reading that wasn't .

[Chris Evans]

Originally Posted by fernando

Agreed Chris.
However in this case i saw the navaja in question and the spelling is correct; it is the reading that wasn't .

Touche!

But on second thoughts, the cutler still cannot spell because the correct version is "tiemblan"


Cheers
Chris

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Chris Evans

Touche!

But on second thoughts, the cutler still cannot spell because the correct version is "tiemblan"


Cheers
Chris

Maybe not a cutler's mispell, Chris.
More like my short sight.
... or a certain influence of having a lot of similar terms both in castillian as in portuguese, all derived from as many similar terms in latin ... tremĕre, timĕre, tremulare (which gave temblar).

.

[Chris Evans]

Originally Posted by fernando

Maybe not a cutler's mispell, Chris.
More like my short sight.
... or a certain influence of having a lot of similar terms both in castillian as in portuguese, all derived from as many similar terms in latin ... tremĕre, timĕre, tremulare (which gave temblar).

.

I too, just now, initially read it as "tremblan", though my eyes airen't what they used to be though with a bit of imagination I can also read it as "tiemblan".

Cheers
Chris