Going back to the 17th Century, we can obtain documents confirming the existence, in Albacete, at that time, of craftsmen designing and making knives. Today, the knife of Albacete is a symbol. In these photographs, taken from the wll known book "Introducción al estudio de la cuchillería artística de Albacete" by Jose Sanchez Ferrer, we can observe a tipical street vendor with a selection of knives, grinders putting the finishing touches to the knives and a group of experts mounting knives. In this pictures we can observe the knife salesmen at he start of the 20th Century. They are wearing a special holster containing a selection of the best known Albacete knives, wich they will sell to train passengers during a stop-and the passengers will open their windows to purchase them.
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