Small folding knife for id please

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by Chris Evans

It is Spanish, or more precisely from the Rosellon region and dating from around the middle of the 19th century. In the last quarter of the 1800s they tended to fitted with a ring to release the lock, so this one is probably a bit earlier.

Cheers
Chris

Hi Chris,

I've been absent for quite some time and have years of threads to catch up on so I might as well start at the top.
That's some exceptional detail about the locality, I would have only drilled sown to Catalan but note upon a little reading, Rosellon was a county in Catalan.

Thank you.

Gavin

[Chris Evans]

Originally Posted by Gavin Nugent

Hi Chris,

I've been absent for quite some time and have years of threads to catch up on so I might as well start at the top.
That's some exceptional detail about the locality, I would have only drilled sown to Catalan but note upon a little reading, Rosellon was a county in Catalan.

Thank you.

Gavin

Nice to read you post and welcome back, though I too have been away for quite a while and only rarely have the time to post.

In Spanish these knives are are known as "Navajas de Rosellon", or "Navaja Catalana" so that makes identification easy. Here is a link to lots of pics: https://www.google.com/search?q=nava...w=1024&bih=655

Cheers
Chris