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    What period would the 'trade knives' fit in to?

    I believe we are talking Biscayne steel, not Toledo, which is more famous. The British we're great at steel, blast furnace, etc. I think a lot of the trade goods we're higher iron content stuff, and a large easy to get to deposit was in Northern Spain at the time. That was a source of wealth for...
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    What period would the 'trade knives' fit in to?

    From reading Firearms, Traps, &Tools, much of the early steel came from Spain, even the French Axe was of Spanish origin. I think people used whatever they could get though, through conquest, inheritance, or traveling. Daggers, Dirk's, to simple trade knives all existed, but you carried what you...
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