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Collection of 4 Spanish navajas (folding knives) of the 1800s with important book about them entitle

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Collection of 4 Spanish navajas (folding knives) of the 1800s with important book about them entitle
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Collection of 4 Spanish navajas (folding knives) of the 1800s with important book about them entitled La navaja espanola antigua by Rafael Martinez del Peral y Forton (1995, autographed by the author). 167 to 363 grams each and 8" to 15" long. The immediate predecessor to the modern jackknife, the Spanish navaja was popular with thieves and gypsies as a small, easily accessible blade that could be tucked into one's belt safely. This small group contains one huge, slender, pointed specimen with ratcheting hinge and ornately engraved blade with maker's name Manuel Garcia (plus other wording) and traces of red enamel, bone-and-brass handle, and three smaller specimens with trifid design at one end and tri-circular design on the other in brass handle, one with wood grip and the other two with tortoiseshell and ivory, with faintly engraved "Recuerdo" and "Viva Espana" on one blade and HAUDEVILLE EN ALBACETTE stamped on the other, all in excellent working order, the large one rare and valuable.