Choils and "Spanish Notches" on Ethnographic weapons

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Originally Posted by Ian

... (otherwise the European Armory will commandeer the thread )...

Oh, the European Armory would never dream to even touch such Scholar essay in Ethno utensiles .

The maximum one would dare add is that:
... la característica muesca en la parte posterior de la hoja, con objeto de favorecer la ergonomía para pulgar e índice a la hora de "segar" las hojas de las plataneras, una indicación para que los operarios que venían detrás supieran qué piña de plátanos había que recolectar.

Which in a lousy translation would mean:
... the purpose of the characteristic muesca (notch) would be to facilitate the ergonomy of thumb and index when reaping/cutting the leaves of banana (platano) trees, to indicate the workers that followed which banana bunches they should collect.

(Courtesy: historiayciencia.com/cuchillos-canarios.htm)