Hi Fer,
Nice summation!
A note though, the reason its called a boca de caballo is because the hilt/pas d'ane arrangement (sans the bivalve shell guard) united to a four holed table, looked like a period horse's bit.
I was until very recently of the belief that it was because head-on, the shell guard looked like an open horses mouth. Not so! Its the underneath framework that gives it its name.
Cosas veredes Sanxo...
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Manolo
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