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Old 5th November 2022, 08:50 AM   #17
Chris Evans
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Hi Fernando

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Originally Posted by fernando View Post
.......Assuming this is the length with the blade unfolded<Snip>
Why do you assume that the measurement refers to the blade length, as opposed to the overall length? After all folding and fixed blade knives are often described by their overall length as well as by their blade length.

Of course, we'll never know which dimension the author had in mind but if it described OL, then the blade length would be around 18cm, entirely consistent with what Forton tells us and that is the length of the majority of surviving Spanish pre 1900 navajas.

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Chris
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