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cosmopolitan promenades of Madrid. Regardless of their original intent, the navaja represented the ultimate means for resolving disagreements, misunderstandings, and problems that arose in dockside bars, darkened alleys, and an untold number of places not found in any guidebook; places where there is little reliance on legal recourses; places where you either catch a glimpse of steel and live - or miss it, and never know why you died.
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was a fighting knife characterized by a ratcheted locking mechanism, a long and slender blade with a prominent clip, a needle-sharp point, and a finely honed, razor-sharp cutting edge. During the 18th and most of the 19th century, large navajas were traditionally worn pushed into a belt or sash, with
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During the first part of the 18th century, the blade heel and backspring of the navaja were cleverly altered to provide a locking device for the blade. Pulling open the blade from the handle, the lock allowed the blade to rotate into the fully open position, where it locked into position. The locking
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has been reduced to a science, which has its regular school of instruction. The teachers give lessons with wooden knives, and the most noted among them have their private strokes, which are kept secret for cases of emergency. The arts of the most accomplished swordsman are worthless, when opposed to
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was carried by
Spanish men—and not a few women—of all classes and backgrounds, including the upper classes, the clergy, and the aristocracy. Evidence of this rests in museum collections of ornate antique examples, all featuring a standard of costly materials and laborious craftsmanship that could
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Navajas crossed the hands and drew the blood of soldiers and sailors, rogues and ruffians, and diplomats and aristocrats both in and out of Spain's borders. The use of the navaja fostered a mystique, not only from
Seville's back streets, but also from the seedy waterfronts of Barcelona, and the
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of 1808–1814. Around 1850, a metal pull ring was incorporated into the lock to facilitate blade closure. Pulling the metal ring cammed the backspring upward, freeing the blade from its lock and allowing the blade to fold back into the handle. The pull ring was eventually discarded in favor of a
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was typically fitted with a handle made of wood, horn, bone, or pierced copper or brass that was reinforced with a steel or brass liner, although examples can also be found with expensive materials such inlaid silver, ivory, and even gold. From the mid-19th century, many 'Spanish'
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and utility blade, and both mass-produced and individually hand-built knives of varying craftsmanship and material quality continue to be sold in Spain, primarily to tourists, collectors, and edged weapon enthusiasts. The decline in popularity of the large fighting
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The skill displayed by the
Spanish desperado in handling his knife is wonderful. This weapon, to which all are so partial, is a wicked-looking affair, from one to two feet long, and called a navaja from its resemblance to a razor. The blade is of the finest Toledo
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was a sound dreaded by lone travellers attempting to negotiate lonely rural highways or the
Byzantine back streets of medieval Spanish cities after dark. The knife's popularity among lawless elements in Spain is attested to in James Loriega's book
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began to decline in Spain. However, for the working classes and those living in the provinces, who were loath to give up cherished customs, the navaja remained a habitual item of personal wear for many years afterwards.
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carried during the classical era. The majority feature stainless steel blades, stainless metal bolsters and butt caps, and horn or wood handles. Many different blade patterns are available, with hand-made
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applied to the dying as part of the
Catholic last sacrament, as it was believed that a man encountering such a knife in a violent confrontation would invariably require administration of the last rites.
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had become a weapon of stealth, always concealed and "never worn or used ostentatiously." With the advent of mass-produced, low-priced handguns and an increasingly effective national police force, the
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can still be found on some knives, most examples now use a simplified locking mechanism consisting of a lug attached to the backspring that engages a single slot machined into the blade's heel.
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were primarily designed as utility or work knives, and could easily be carried either openly or concealed on one's person. One of the more common early varieties of this type of knife was the
1107:, Barcelona: Salvador Manero (1864), pp. 540-541: "In Naples as well as in Spain the masses always prostrated themselves in admiration before the supremacy of the ignoble and treacherous
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used a variety of blade and handle styles over the years, with certain regions of Spain favoring distinct patterns. The classical
Andalusian blade style is today popularly known as the
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typically featured a blade length of 400 mm (15 inches) or longer, and knives with 300 mm (12-inch) to 500 mm (19-inch) blades were common. The large-bladed fighting
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and fencing techniques in favor of simplified attacks and defenses based largely on the concept of deception, distraction, and counterstrike. As one
English author noted,
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were actually imported from France; most of these imported French patterns lack a locking device for the blade. Many examples of this period were fitted with metal
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only have been commissioned by the upper classes. The imposition of laws restricting the carrying of swords and other offensive weapons in Spain and in
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occurred at a time of increased restrictions upon the wearing of swords and other bladed weapons by persons outside the
Spanish nobility. Like the
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manufactured today blends traditional styling with modern materials. Most are smaller in blade length and overall size than the
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The appeal of such a distinctive design and cultural symbol proved irresistible to foreign visitors to Spain. Demand for the
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the distinctively curved, fish-shaped handle left exposed to ease removal. An exception to the predominance of large-bladed
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became popular throughout Spain as a fighting and general utility knife, and was the primary personal arm of the
Spanish
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and butt caps for additional strength and protection; these are often carved, filed, or engraved with decorations.
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were being widely offered in street markets in novelty lengths as short as three inches and as long as three feet.
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style blade, a stag-horn handle and the pull-ring for disengaging the blade-locking mechanism is clearly visible
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was first adopted as a fighting knife by the peoples of Andalusia in southern Spain, including the Spanish
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epitomized the concept of a defensive knife to be carried at all times on the person. Aside from the early
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in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, using clothing to protect the weaponless arm, is derived directly from
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as a large fighting or utility knife began to ebb in the early 20th century. Reduced in size and length (
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did not necessarily identify its owner as a criminal. During the first part of the 19th century, the
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is particularly large and menacing. Many blade patterns bear a striking resemblance to that of the
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Manual of the Baratero: The Art of Handling the Navaja, the Knife, and the Scissors of the Gypsies
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Manual of the Baratero: The Art of Handling the Navaja, the Knife, and the Scissors of the Gypsies
524:"La Navaja", 1888. The painting depicts a fight to the death using specific Spanish Navajа knives.
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may have been accelerated by the passage of stringent laws in Spain and in the rest of the
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in southern Italy only served to increase the popularity of concealable knives such as the
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proved sufficiently formidable as an offensive arm that it was specifically named by the
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in Andalusian Spain would later spread to other Spanish-speaking countries, from
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as a collectible and as a tourist's souvenir is not a new one; as early as 1858,
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This article is about the Andalusian folding knife. For the bivalve mollusc, see
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A contemporary navaja of traditional design, with a 12-inch (300 mm) blade
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blade folds into the handle when not in use. A popular slang term for the
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832:(transl. and annot. by James Loriega), Boulder, CO: Paladin Press,
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aka el legado Andaluz - the Andalusian legacy or tradition)
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The firmly established knife fighting tradition with the
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While folding-blade knives existed in Spain even in pre-
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1721:Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife
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1621:Aircrew Survival Egress Knife
1341:General and cited references
979:Albacete Artesanía - Navajas
916:19th century Corsican Navaja
883:De Fontcuberta, Eduardo A.,
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598:those of an expert with the
400:dating to c. 1790; it has a
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2351:Cattaraugus Cutlery Company
2283:U.S. Marine Raider stiletto
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322:low-profile metal lever.
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997:Universidad de Barcelona
114:in the 19th century was
26:Not to be confused with
2657:Zwilling J. A. Henckels
2439:Gerber Legendary Blades
1555:Japanese kitchen knives
1436:List of blade materials
272:navaja de siete muelles
238:by French forces under
2640:Yoshida Metal Industry
2504:Medford Knife and Tool
2366:Clauss Cutlery Company
2229:Microtech Jagdkommando
2057:Yarara Parachute Knife
1253:Manual of the Baratero
1251:de Rementeria y Fica,
1193:Manual of the Baratero
1191:de Rementeria y Fica,
1163:Gallichan, Walter M.,
1103:Mañé y Flaquer, Juan,
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1165:The Story of Seville
1129:Gautier, Théophile,
941:Shackleford, Steve,
874:(1998), pp. 190, 499
522:Joseph Saint-Germier
469:Santa Cruz de Mudela
306:, or edged weapons.
286:was now a versatile
2544:Randall Made Knives
2396:Dalian Hanwei Metal
2311:Aitor Knife Company
2225:Mark I trench knife
2038:Verlängerungsmesser
1641:Ballpoint pen knife
1240:A Romantic in Spain
1131:A Romantic in Spain
66:region of southern
2824:Knifemakers' Guild
2695:John Nelson Cooper
2356:Chris Reeve Knives
2090:Arkansas toothpick
1864:Pantographic knife
1631:Balisong/Butterfly
1269:el legado andalusí
1257:esgrima de criolla
1225:Scott, Samuel P.,
1133:, (orig. publ. as
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690:. Loriega writes,
624:el legado andalusí
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1135:Voyage en Espagne
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901:Castle, Egerton,
838:978-1-58160-471-9
683:navaja de muelles
593:Defence with the
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2509:Microtech Knives
2456:Imperial Schrade
2451:Glock Ges.m.b.H.
1999:Swiss Army knife
1515:Grapefruit knife
1409:
1402:
1395:
1386:
1385:
1381:
1366:Loriega, James.
1362:
1347:Loriega, James.
1334:
1326:
1320:
1305:
1296:
1283:Loriega, James,
1281:
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1101:
1095:
1082:Loriega, James,
1080:
1067:
1060:
1054:
1043:
1037:
1030:Mérimée, Prosper
1027:
1021:
1014:
1008:
989:
983:
975:
962:
939:
933:
926:
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906:
899:
890:
886:Bandolero Blades
881:
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860:
854:
847:
841:
826:
714:navaja sevillana
675:Victorian London
647:navaja sevillana
643:navaja sevillana
536:of the day, the
449:navaja bandolera
445:navaja bandolera
260:talón de la hoja
210:
209:
190:
2887:
2886:
2882:
2881:
2880:
2878:
2877:
2876:
2857:
2856:
2855:
2850:
2842:Category:Knives
2828:
2802:
2793:Buster Warenski
2783:Robert Terzuola
2748:Ralph Osterhout
2713:Bill Harsey Jr.
2690:Blackie Collins
2661:
2630:Wilkinson Sword
2297:
2233:Parrying dagger
2220:Liaoning dagger
2066:
1606:
1590:Unagisaki hōchō
1449:
1440:
1431:List of daggers
1422:
1413:
1378:
1359:
1343:
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1327:
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1306:
1299:
1282:
1278:
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730:
688:Sevillian Steel
514:
242:for carrying a
228:
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188:
143:peasant's knife
137:, the earliest
80:
31:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
2885:
2875:
2874:
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2826:
2821:
2816:
2810:
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2804:
2803:
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2800:
2798:Daniel Winkler
2795:
2790:
2788:Michael Walker
2785:
2780:
2775:
2773:William Scagel
2770:
2765:
2760:
2755:
2750:
2745:
2740:
2735:
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2715:
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2703:Ernest Emerson
2700:
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2607:
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2597:
2592:
2587:
2585:Strider Knives
2582:
2579:
2574:
2569:
2564:
2559:
2554:
2549:
2548:Ranz Cuchillos
2546:
2541:
2536:
2531:
2526:
2521:
2516:
2511:
2506:
2501:
2496:
2494:Mad Dog Knives
2491:
2486:
2481:
2476:
2471:
2469:Kershaw Knives
2466:
2461:
2458:
2453:
2448:
2443:
2442:
2441:
2431:
2426:
2421:
2416:
2414:Emerson Knives
2411:
2408:
2403:
2401:Dexter-Russell
2398:
2393:
2388:
2383:
2378:
2373:
2371:Cobray Company
2368:
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2212:
2207:
2202:
2197:
2192:
2187:
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2177:
2172:
2167:
2165:Hunting dagger
2162:
2157:
2152:
2147:
2142:
2137:
2132:
2127:
2122:
2120:Bollock dagger
2117:
2112:
2107:
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2026:
2021:
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2014:Throwing knife
2011:
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1994:Survival knife
1991:
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1984:Straight razor
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1804:Laguiole knife
1801:
1796:
1791:
1786:
1781:
1776:
1774:Jacob's ladder
1771:
1768:
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1527:
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1145:(2001), p. 158
1113:
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1053:(2001), p. 172
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759:Laguiole knife
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749:Fighting knife
746:
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729:
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718:European Union
587:sword-fighting
513:
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319:Peninsular War
288:fighting knife
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162:in Spain, the
104:straight razor
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2872:Pocket knives
2870:
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2867:Blade weapons
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2763:A. G. Russell
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2701:
2699:Jack W. Crain
2698:
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2693:
2691:
2688:
2686:
2685:Tom Brown Jr.
2683:
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2678:
2676:
2675:Rex Applegate
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2524:Murphy Knives
2522:
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2316:Al Mar Knives
2314:
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2303:Manufacturers
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2279:
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2256:
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2253:Rondel dagger
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2055:
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2048:
2045:
2043:
2042:Warrior knife
2040:
2037:
2035:
2034:Utility knife
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2027:
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1859:Palette knife
1857:
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1849:Nontron knife
1847:
1845:
1842:
1840:
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1835:
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1819:Marking knife
1817:
1815:
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1807:
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1800:
1797:
1795:
1794:Kitchen knife
1792:
1790:
1787:
1785:
1782:
1780:
1777:
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1772:
1769:
1767:
1764:
1762:
1761:Hunting knife
1759:
1757:
1754:
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1751:Hacking knife
1749:
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1741:Gravity knife
1739:
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2807:Associations
2733:Bob Loveless
2562:Shun Cutlery
2446:Füritechnics
2361:Chroma Cnife
2019:Trench knife
2009:Taping knife
1959:Sheath knife
1854:Opinel knife
1838:
1770:Ivan's Knife
1711:Diving knife
1686:Combat knife
1570:Nakiri bōchō
1565:Maguro bōchō
1550:Tomato knife
1535:Pizza cutter
1510:Fillet knife
1495:Chef's knife
1490:Cheese knife
1480:Butter knife
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