Code EU32
This is a Spanish puñal from the town of Albacete, sometimes simply known as an "albacete”. These knives are particularly associated with Basque Resistance during Spain’s alliance with Napoleon, 1803-1808.
The total length is 9 ⅛ inches. The blade measures 5 ½ inches. The blade has the usual mysterious cut-outs - an elongated key slot flanked by circles — and is also decorated profusely with small punched dots. The dots are arranged in a simple floral design as well as a row of stars along each edge of the blade. The pattern is repeated on both sides.
Also see my other Albacete puñal.