BULL FIGHTING WEAPONS

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SORRY I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS? IT WAS JUST INCLUDED IN THE PICTURE I FOUND OF MOST OF THE BLADED THINGS USED IN THE SPORT. THE FIRST KNIFE PICTURED IS WHAT BROUGHT THIS POST ABOUT AS IT REMINDED ME OF A DAGGER I HAD SEEN PICTURES OF IT MAY JUST BE A HUNTING KNIFE AND HUNTING KNIVES MAY HAVE BEEN USED AND IT IS LIKELY REGULAR SWORDS WERE USED BEFORE SPECIALIZED WEAPONS WERE MADE TO DO A MORE EFFICIENT AND SAFER JOB.
SAFER FOR THE MATADOR THAT IS. WHAT IS SAID IS TRUE THE PERCENTAGE OF WINS GOES TO THE MATADOR AND THE ODDS ARE STACKED IN HIS FAVOR BUT SOMETIMES THE BULL FIGURES IT OUT AND WINS. IF THE BULLS HAD ALWAYS WON THERE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BULL FIGHTING. IF A MAN GOES IN WITHOUT ANY TRICKS, TOOLS OR WAY OUT THE BULL WILL INVARIABLY WIN. SUCH BULLS MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN THE COLISEUMS IN ROME FOR THE SPECTACLE OF PEOPLE BEING DONE IN BY ANIMALS THAT WAS POPULAR IN THOSE TIMES, I DON'T KNOW BUT HERCULES WAS SAID TO HAVE FOUGHT A KILLER BULL SO ITS POSSIBLE.
I HAVE HANDLED THE MODERN BULLFIGHTING SWORDS BUT HAVE NEVER SEEN THE DAGGER OR OTHER THINGS. THERE IS A LONG HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AND MANY TRADITIONS, CEREMONIES AND BELIEFS. MANS ASSOCIATION WITH CATTLE HAS BEEN A LONG ONE AND MOSTLY BENEFITS MAN AND ALWAYS HAS WITH ALL ANIMALS WE HAVE DOMESTICATED. PERHAPS SOMEONE WHO HAS THE KNOWLEDGE AND COLLECTS IN THIS FIELD MAY ADD TO THIS TOPIC BUT I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. JUST BE CAREFUL IF YOU DO AS IN MY CASE FOOLS RUSH IN WHERE WISE MEN FEAR TO TREAD. BUT AT LEAST SOME MAY NOW KNOW WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT IF THEY SEE ONE OF THESE ITEMS .

UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION OR THE ARTICLE THAT PICTURE IS FROM. NO DOUBT AN EXPLANATION OF THE ITEMS IS AVAILABLE AS THE ITEMS ARE NUMBERED. IT DOES LOOK MORE LIKE A RIDING CROP THAN A WEAPON.