Doug Humbarger
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Can someone post examples of different spanish notches & what is their purpose other than "gettin a little fancy" ?
It makes me think about all the buzz about the world ending on the ancient central American calendar in 2012.
Well maybe they just ran out of room on the rock to write anymore and said!
Let's just end it here! It's so far in the future that we can just let them worry about it then! Laurence
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Can't remember where I heard it but I think the spanish notch aided in removal of percussion caps and cleaning out the nipple(on flintlocks). Dont know for sure, but is was gun related.
Can't remember where I heard it but I think the spanish notch aided in removal of percussion caps and cleaning out the nipple(on flintlocks). Dont know for sure, but is was gun related.
Didn't you with that Indian chain biker dagger?
Can't remember where I heard it but I think the spanish notch aided in removal of percussion caps and cleaning out the nipple(on flintlocks). Dont know for sure, but is was gun related.
From Wikipedia:
"Some Bowie knives had a notch on the bottom of the blade near the hilt known as a "Spanish Notch". The Spanish Notch is often cited as a mechanism for catching an opponent's blade; however, some Bowie researchers hold that the Spanish Notch is ill-suited to this function and frequently fails to achieve the desired results. These researchers, instead, hold that the Spanish Notch has the much more mundane function as a tool for stripping sinew and repairing rope and nets, as a guide to assist in sharpening the blade (assuring that the sharpening process starts at a specific point and not further up the edge), or as a point to relieve stress on the blade during use."
-Andrew