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Originally Posted by Miguel
Hi Everyone,
Thought that some of you may be interested in seeing these knives. Looking at the group from left to right I believe them to be 19th C.
No 1 I think that this is of French manufacture fo the Spanish market. It has a strong spring but does not lock and I can just mafke out the stap on the blade as Toledo. The closed length is 7.5 ins and open length 14 ins.
No 2 I think that this is Spanish from Albaceta. The blade has a locking mechanism and inscriptions in Spanish on both sides just below the back edge but they are to worn for my eyes to make out. the only one I can see properly is a date of 1851. The closed length is 8.5 ins and open length is 17.75 ins.
No 3 I think Spanish from Albaceta, it has a locking mechanism and the blade is deeply stamped with something like Pamila which makes no sense to me. The closed length is 9.5 ins and open length is 18 ins.
No 4 Again Spanish from Albaceta with locking mechanism and inscriptions on both sides of the blade. The one that is just legible to me reads Defiendo mi opinie. The closed length is 9.75 ins and open length is 17.75 ins.
No 5 As No1 but for blade which is slightly wider and is stamped with a bull.
I hope they are of interest and look forward to any comments you may have.
Miguel
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Hi again
I just noticed that I made a mess of uploading the photos the numbers should be read from bottom to top. I repeated knife No 1 in the closed state instead of showing knife No 5.
Appologies Miguel