Hi Gavin,
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Originally Posted by freebooter
Even though I have wonderful examples continually going through my hands I do wish at one point or another to start collecting these again, to me their beauty is unsurpassed.
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I think that understand your sentiments perfectly - When it comes to folding knives, navajas have an unmatched mystique and beauty.
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When one looks at the labour involved in creating a knife of that size in the video, one can only imagine how much time and effort is in the large Navaja in previous postings and the 90+cms piece below.
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You are spot on. As the video amply demonstrates, the manufacture of a traditional navaja is extremely labour intensive - The traditional Spanish cutlers relied on probably the cheapest labour in Western Europe and even so, given the antiquated technology used they could not compete and their industry went into severe decline, only to recover fairly recently.
Incidentally, the navaja's design was adopted by countries as diverse as India and Bohemia, the commonality being the prevalence of cheap labour and low-tech manufacturing. Even so, they abandoned the design by WWII.
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Not being fluent in the language Chris, were there any clear directions noted on the etching process when he put on his mask and poured in the magic solution?
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No. He just emphasized the artisanship that involved every step.
Cheers
Chris