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Old 12th March 2023, 05:59 PM   #1
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Default A very tired Spanish Navaja.

Bought this today in the local street fair. Completely rusted, though not so deep, stuck in the unfolded position. Just because it cost me the equivalent to a half portion of fish and chips (as Tim Simmons woul say ).
So i submitted it to two sessions of soft brushing with very fine steel wool, all permanently soaked with WD-40. And so what did i find, which was completely hidden; a coloured bulfighter in action and the word ESPAŅA, so much better than SPAIN, hence a bit less touristy.
I do not dare brush it harder, risking to take out the coloured bulfighter. Should i say the overall etching has a moorish taste ?
The ratchet lock with six scoops.


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Old 13th March 2023, 04:31 PM   #2
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Lovely fernando,
It is great to rescue these items and find such markings underneath. I wish my weekends expenditure was as cheap, I just purchased a perfect condition Wilkinson flintlock pistol but no regrets at all, it is a very special item.
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Old 13th March 2023, 07:49 PM   #3
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Lovely fernando,
It is great to rescue these items and find such markings underneath. I wish my weekends expenditure was as cheap, I just purchased a perfect condition Wilkinson flintlock pistol but no regrets at all, it is a very special item.
Well done
Ken
Thank you Ken. I am perfectly aware this is closest to a piece of junk but, as you say, finding things, whatever they are, under a rust cover, is always a pleasant surprise.
In the meantime i found here a fresh (and smaller) example of this pattern of navajas; if Rick doesn' mind .

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C'mon, show as that flintlock pistol, will you.
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