if you're interested some of the short stories of Jose Luis Borges described knife fights in the slums of cities in Argentina. His stories are gripping. I think the tango and knife fights are what Argentina is proudest of when I read his books. The Argentines used knives that looked like kitchen cutlery.

Anyone else have a favorite author who brings knifefights to the page? It must take the braverey of a matador to to it, with any regularity. The fighting not the writing <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />