Ungentlemanlike - Traditional Bad Boy Knives

[Greasepiggy]

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[HFinn]

 

[Jack Black]

 

[mnblade]

Gotta mention the infamous 007 knife, reportedly a common carry among ne'er-do-wells in NYC in the 1970s.

-- Mark

 

[Just Tom.]

Gotta mention the infamous 007 knife, reportedly a common carry among ne'er-do-wells in NYC in the 1970s.

-- Mark

I was hoping someone would have one of those.

 

[tongueriver]

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[Just Tom.]

32 inches and 6 pounds

Nice! Did you just chop the can of beans in half to open it?

 

[tongueriver]

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[BrotherJim]

Ben Hogan was no gentleman

 

[tongueriver]

You are right, but I just sold my entire Ben Hogan collection of stunning knives (and yours qualifies) and I think they are fit for the best of events, coronations, funerals, keggers, etc. I am sad to see them go.

 

[Jack Black]

I have a mate who buys and sells old tools. Often he buys them in the form of garage clearances, and if there are any knives included, he insists on my taking them, whether I want them or not. Which is how I come to have this 14" of TEW nastiness!

 

[Just Tom.]

I have a mate who buys and sells old tools. Often he buys them in the form of garage clearances, and if there are any knives included, he insists on my taking them, whether I want them or not. Which is how I come to have this 14" of TEW nastiness!

It was nice of him to remove the “EVIDENCE” tag from it, at least.

 

[Trubetzkoy]

16 1/2" navaja, made in France for the Spanish market in the second half of the 19th century:

 

[Jolipapa]

16 1/2" navaja, made in France for the Spanish market in the second half of the 19th century:

Any idea where it was made? Quality of work looks like Chatellerault.

 

[Just Tom.]

16 1/2" navaja, made in France for the Spanish market in the second half of the 19th century:

Did the Spanish in turn sell these to tourists as souvenirs?

 

[Trubetzkoy]

Any idea where it was made? Quality of work looks like Chatellerault.

As far as I know, it was made in Thiers, France. Here's a nice video on this type of navaja, in case you happen to speak Spanish:

Did the Spanish in turn sell these to tourists as souvenirs?

I believe they did, but I've seen no evidence to suggest they did more often than with locally made navajas. I'm not an expert tho!

 

[Jack Black]

It was nice of him to remove the “EVIDENCE” tag from it, at least.

LOL! This one came from the same source!

After I took the dirty tape off, my mate had the cheek to tell me that I'd ruined it!

 

[draggat]

Here's a Spanish navaja in the Sevillian style that is still marketed to tourists. This one has a blade around 3" long, very cheaply made with cast brass. Keep in mind the originals were literally folding swords


Another one next to a 110. The blade shape of these is named albaceteña.

Every time I see something on the news about someone brandishing or using a knife, they show an outline of the 110



Swing guards always strike me as bad boy knives. I've heard them referred to as a pimp's knife.

 

[Trubetzkoy]

Here's a Spanish navaja in the Sevillian style that is still marketed to tourists. This one has a blade around 3" long, very cheaply made with cast brass.

I have that same model but with antler, and I find it to be pretty sturdy and reliable. Probably won't be batoning or dueling with it anytime soon tho!

 

[Jolipapa]

As far as I know, it was made in Thiers, France. Here's a nice video on this type of navaja, in case you happen to speak Spanish:

I believe they did, but I've seen no evidence to suggest they did more often than with locally made navajas. I'm not an expert tho!

I knew Thiers had sold many knives in Spain, but I knew not this kind (straight) also. The "rattlesnake tail" is typical, you find it also on Laguioles.

I think they were a bit too expensive for simple tourists, even if those were more fortunate then than today. (in mid XIXth cent.)