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Canary Islands knife

es Offline Gio_Luso

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Canary Islands knife
on: March 29, 2022, 02:42:48 PM
Blade:
Forged in carbon steel, made by Antonio García Déniz (Gáldar - Gran Canaria), as shown by the marks on the "colchón" (this is what the file marks at the beginning of the spine are called in the Canary Islands) and which indicate the signature of the craftsman who made the blade.

Handle:
Formed by alternating black horn and blond horn. Decorated with aluminium inlays. The bolster and butt are made in brass. Probably the craftsman is Aquilino Auyanet Pérez from Gáldar (Gran Canaria).

It is very common that two craftsmen participate in the making of the Canarian knife. The blacksmith forges the blade (stamping his mark on the handle) and the craftsman who designs and makes the handle. Although both artisans can also be the same person.

The Canarian knife, wrongly called 'naife', is a traditional instrument used by farmers and ranchers in Gran Canaria. It is a specialized tool for bananas, the thin and wide blade facilitates a straight cut.

This design in the photograph is called 'cabo de hueso' (Bone handle) or 'cabo de costa' (Coast handle).

Total: 290 mm.
Blade: 174 mm x 2.5 mm
Weight: 91 grs.

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us Offline SteveC

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Re: Canary Islands knife
Reply #1 on: March 29, 2022, 03:02:32 PM
Great looking knife !   :like:


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Re: Canary Islands knife
Reply #2 on: March 29, 2022, 03:35:38 PM
Very nice! :like:

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us Offline ThisAlarm7

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Re: Canary Islands knife
Reply #3 on: March 29, 2022, 04:36:54 PM
Very cool


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Re: Canary Islands knife
Reply #4 on: March 29, 2022, 05:55:10 PM
very nice traditional knife. 
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Re: Canary Islands knife
Reply #5 on: March 29, 2022, 06:11:50 PM
Very nice.  Not something most of us would see outside of the Canary Islands. :cheers:


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Re: Canary Islands knife
Reply #6 on: March 30, 2022, 12:54:42 AM
Outstanding knife!    :like:
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Re: Canary Islands knife
Reply #7 on: March 30, 2022, 07:08:04 AM
What a beauty!
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Re: Canary Islands knife
Reply #8 on: March 30, 2022, 11:46:59 AM
Nice!

The blade reminds me of Spanish knives and the Handle of French ones
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Re: Canary Islands knife
Reply #9 on: March 30, 2022, 01:41:10 PM
Gorgeous knife!

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I know it would be very difficult to happen, but I'd awlways be "OMG, it's going to break at the middle! That's so thin!"

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es Offline Gio_Luso

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Re: Canary Islands knife
Reply #10 on: March 30, 2022, 02:17:48 PM

I know it would be very difficult to happen, but I'd awlways be "OMG, it's going to break at the middle! That's so thin!"


Yes, it is thin, but extremely sharp, it shaves
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