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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

James Loriega - Manual Of The Baratero: The Art of Handling the Navaja, the Knife, and the Scissors of the Gypsies
Paladin Press | 2005 | ISBN: 1581604718 | English / Spanish | 176 Pages | PDF | 3.05 MB

This is the oldest manual on Spanish knife fighting ever published and is the only know historical text on the subject.This annotated translation provides a window to the methods of knife fighting practiced by the working class, the criminal class and the Gypsies in 19th century Spain. With original drawings, it offers a revealing glimpse into the ways in which armas blancas cortas, or small edged weapons, were used on the dark and grimy cobblestone streets of the Spanish underworld.