How to Sword Fight: Introduction to the Navaja Knife

The navaja de muelles became popular throughout Spain as a fighting and general utility knife, and was the primary personal arm of the Spanish guerrilleros who opposed Napoleon during his invasion and subsequent occupation of Spain in the Peninsular War of 1808–1814.
The navaja became the symbol of a defensive knife that would be carried on one’s person at all times.

The navaja that was used as a fighting knife generally had a blade length of 4 to 8 inches. The larger fighting blade evolved into a pattern called the navaja sevillana that had a ratched locking mechanism with a long slender blade.
During the 18th and most of the 19th century, large navajas were traditionally worn pushed into a belt or sash, with the distinctively curved, fish-shaped handle left exposed to ease removal. An exception to the predominance of large-bladed sevillanas was the salvavirgo ("chastity knife"), a small knife carried by Andalusian women in a bodice or leg garter as a weapon of self-defense.

You can find books on the history and use of the navaja by Maestro James Loriega on Amazon

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