ratcheting mechanism on Spanish Navajas

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Rick

Here's a little one I picked up some years ago.
Six inches open; 5 clicks with the last one being the lock.

You know this is a common tourist recuerdo, Rick ; surely younger than any of your preferred collectibles . You must acquire the real thing .

[Rick]

Originally Posted by fernando

You know this is a common tourist recuerdo, Rick ; surely younger than any of your preferred collectibles . You must acquire the real thing .

Of course I know its a souvenir Fernando.
I have too much money in sharp things as it is so I'll settle for this.

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Rick

Of course I know its a souvenir Fernando. ...

I know you know, Rick; my unfortunate approach .

[Rick]

At least it makes the desired sound when opening.

[Lee]

Sometimes when I watch Forged in Fire I feel so stupid. I have seen and may even have antique examples of what the smiths are to make - but I never recall having heard the terminology before. While attempting to clear some of the accumulations of modern life in my attic I have found - buried in a stack of old magazines - an important reference to ethnographic arms in popular American culture - the Atlanta Cutlery catalog for 1996!

Peripherally relevant to this thread, here are listings for the noisy navaja!

[fernando]

A rather opportune entry, Lee.
... And a very 'romantic' means to expose the carraca noise saga; not without a pretty fair dosis of realism, though.
Thanks for sharing that paper.

[Miguel]

Here is one I picked up from an "Artes de Toledo" shop in Catalonia about 15 years ago which is a dead ringer in dimensions and weight etc. to the first illustration in Lee`s Atlanta Cutlery catalogue.
Miguel