a giant 106.5 cm antique 19thc spanish folding knife - navaja seville jerez spain knives - dagger

A giant 106.5 cm antique 19thc Spanish knife - Navaja Seville Jerez Spain sword

An exceptionally large '' giant'' 108 cm when open, closed 56cm and rare 19thc Navaja from the coastal region of Jerez Spain below Seville.Sold alone without the smaller Navaja knife in the pics which is there just to show this giant's size, the smaller 19thc Albacete navaja is 41cm long when opened, so you can work out the size of the monster with it in the pics.If you are interested in the smaller Navaja please contact me for price.
This is a massive knife and in exceptional condition for its age, has a good overall patina but no rust or rot to blade or brass and horn hilt with bone and brass horn and steel inlays, it has been regularly cleaned and oiled and is still sharp.The Caracca ratchet lock is still fully functional and the spinal spring has not lost its springiness, there is a slight play up and down as expected with a Navaja of this age but only very slight movement up and down when fully locked out and not from side to side.
Anyone out there in the Navaja collectors world will know that this is as rare as dung from a rocking horse, and although it is a very large example at 107.5 cm open this navaja still comes under a fighting knife size, I was told this by a leading expert on these knives who has been writing books on them and collecting for many years who said when they get larger than about 120 cm they are purely ceremonial or for display only, this however is a a folding sword as I see it and could be used as such.
I had always believed that the old pictures from the 19thc in books were Grose exaggerations regarding the size of these Navaja but since finding this beast I have much changed my views on that, when I met it first time it was quite a shock.
Don't bother with low ball offers please, this is a very special and rare item for the collectors of antique Navaja knives, a serious offer will be considered and low ball offers ignored.“exceptional for age 2nd half of 19thc, used not new and in amazing condition ”

Antiques.co.uk Ref: WMTBUMGB2

Maker/Artist:

Jerez maker Spain - Seville 19thc

Materials:

Steel brass horn bone

Width (cm):

7cm at widest point when closed

Height (cm):

106.5cm

Depth (cm):

2.5cm

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