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29th September 2019, 02:58 PM
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Small folding knife for id please
Hi all , this small little knife caught my eye though im unsure of its origin , it was sold as being middle eastern ? the blade has a mark on it , the handle is horn with brass inlay, its is a locking knife and the brass work has very fine decoration which is worn and hardly visable ,only measures 12cm long
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29th September 2019, 03:40 PM
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It looks like a picklock Navaja of some sort; possibly Spanish or French.
The picklock is a feature new to my experience with Navaja's, not that I've seen that many.  |
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29th September 2019, 03:42 PM
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Yes, it's a Spanish navaja!
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29th September 2019, 04:06 PM
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Thats great thanks for the Id
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30th September 2019, 03:47 AM
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It is Spanish, or more precisely from the Rosellon region and dating from around the middle of the 19th century. In the last quarter of the 1800s they tended to fitted with a ring to release the lock, so this one is probably a bit earlier. Cheers Chris |
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30th September 2019, 05:24 AM
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Here is an old thread showing several more examples
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30th September 2019, 07:21 AM
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Hi Chris, I've been absent for quite some time and have years of threads to catch up on so I might as well start at the top. That's some exceptional detail about the locality, I would have only drilled sown to Catalan but note upon a little reading, Rosellon was a county in Catalan. Thank you. Gavin |
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30th September 2019, 02:12 PM
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Nice to read you post and welcome back, though I too have been away for quite a while and only rarely have the time to post. In Spanish these knives are are known as "Navajas de Rosellon", or "Navaja Catalana" so that makes identification easy. Here is a link to lots of pics: https://www.google.com/search?q=nav...iw=1024&bih=655 Cheers Chris |
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