Interesting Spanish Canary Islands Punal

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Gonzalo G

Dear Atlantia, the Canary Knife is a classical model related very closely with the antique mediterranean knife. This kind of handle is found even in the old knives from an area of Mexico dedicated at least from the 19th Century (if not from the 18th Century) to the craft of all kind of edged weapons, Sayula. I have one knife from my father, and its handle is almost identical to the canarian knive´s handles, though mine has a crossguard and a blade based on a very antique spanish-mexican model, resembling the Bowie knife´s blade. Those handles were made smooth and they are were very confortable in the hand. They were multipurpose working knives, though used as a weapon when needed. The FS daggers comes from an old model used widely in Europe as a fighting weapon. It has not new ideas in it´s conception, but the adaptation to specific needs, those of the british commandos. The metal handles were already used, and the design of special features to add ´grip´to the handle, were also very well known.
Regards

Gonzalo

Gonzalo my friend
Thank you for joining the thread, and especially for mentioning my modest little Canary knife. I am finding these rather interesting. I wonder if there are any collectors who are experienced enough to identify towns/dates/ even makers themselves from the different handle patterns?

I have learned much from this thread about definitions and correct terminology
What are your thoughts on the strange metal disks in the handle? They seem deliberate additions after the others disks were polished, but that would mean that the handle was polished then the disks were added, which is why they reminded me of the later FS patterns with the improved 'grip'.
Thing is, the disks are fairly thin and rather soft metal. I'm a little puzzled by them.
Also, this is a rather more complex handled example than most I've seen, although the blade is fairly average, why have these rather horrible disks sticking out if not for a reason?
Do you think they are just a mistake/unfinished element?

Kindest Regards
Gene