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Old 27th June 2009, 12:51 AM   #11
celtan
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Hi,

There are lots of spanish terms for the small armas blancas.
The facon tends to be a larger, more brutish type of field blade.
Cuchillo is a generic term, that can be applied to all, even to cooking/eating utensils.
A daga/dagger suggest a more elaborate affair, more knightly and developed, elegant even, and usually sporting a developed cross guard. They are highly personalized.
A puñal is virtually any fighting blade that can be held in a fist, not refined, its crossguard being either very small or absent.
The navajas and cuchillas (feminine terms) apply only to folding knives, albeit they can be of herculean dimensions.
Me'self, I highly dislike the traditional spanish knives in general. like the Albacetes. Their brute shape seems to infer a decidedly ruffianish nature. OTOH, I find the shape of the old swiss daggers extremely attractive.
I guess that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder...: )

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Manolo

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I'm Undecided Chris!
I can't imagine its not deliberate to have these disks there but they are weird for sure....
hmmm, not a decision I'lll rush

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Gene
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