The story
From Spanish navajas to a folding dagger with a swivel guard
Big folding knives with long, pointed blades have a famous ancestor in the Spanish navaja. From the eighteenth century onwards, workshops in towns such as Albacete made navajas whose blades opened with a loud ratchet click and locked in place, and Albacete is still known as a centre of Spanish cutlery. The fold made a long blade portable; the lock made it safe to use open.
This Pakistan dagger follows that logic in its own way: the brass guard swivels into position and locks the 20.2 cm stainless blade open, and a brass pommel cap closes off the 11 cm rich wood handle. Collectors of vintage Pakistan knives will recognise the pairing of dark wood and polished brass, a classic combination on older folding knives.
