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Spanish colonial folding sailor's jackknife, 1700s.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Non-wreck Artifacts Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Spanish colonial folding sailor's jackknife, 1700s.
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Spanish colonial folding sailor's jackknife, 1700s. 107 grams, 13-1/4" overall length, 6-1/4" blade length. Folding knives like this were very popular among Spanish sailors, who sometimes called them "Bilbao knives" for the Portuguese port. This single-edged specimen is of colonial manufacture, a horn handle with simple file-cut decorations, three small gouges to handle. With photo-certificate.