Blade cross cut shape description

[CourseEight]

Hi all --

I'm a bit late to the party, but here is an example of this type of cross section on an african dagger I posted a while back...

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=bollocks

--Radleigh

[celtan]

(...drooling.)

What is a Molina's lock? A glorified Galician Patilla?



[No, really. What's the difference? ]

Vinho verde, Oporto, Madeira...
Portuguese may not know how to speak Cristiano...but who cares?

Bo Nadal!

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Originally Posted by fernando

What about this one; a fine Niepoort harvest, bottled in a limited edition to comemorate the 25 years of the Portuguese Academy of Antique Arms ... featuring a 18th century "Molinhas" lock.

[fernando]

Originally Posted by celtan

...What is a Molina's lock? A glorified Galician Patilla?

... No, really. What's the difference? ]

Molinhas (read Moliñas) ... not Molina . It means (little) springs = muelitas.
Nothing to do with the Patilha system.
Some Portuguese development, operating with a hammer 'rest' on the outside and a special spring in the inside.
Here are and early one from the XVII century and one from the XVIII century, made by the great Master Verissimo de Meira.

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