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Originally Posted by celtan
Outstanding!
It does have a certain arabic-berberian look to it. Were the arabs ever in the Canarias?
BTW, the exact term is "falTriquera", a very old term for pocket or bag...
So, the "naif de faltriquera" is an antique... pocket knife!
Regards
M
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Hi Manuel,
Thank you very much
I'm not sure if there is any arabic influence in the Canaries?
It does however make a nice companion for the rather elegant 'cousin' I have from Albacete.
I got the name from this page:
http://www.pardelera.com/Webnaife/tipologia.htm
Pocket or Bag knife would make sense considering the small size, I couldn't find a translation of 'Faldriquera', so its interesting to find the origin of the word, thanks again.
The ones with a blade of 15cm or less are apparently called 'Cuchillete' lol, little 'knifette'. Mine has a blade of 16cm, so according to that site falls into the next size category. Assuming my auto translation of the page is reliable.
I do agree also that everyone was right, it is better without the raised disks
Regards
Gene