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<div class="quote">Crookandcharlatan wrote:<br /><div class="quote">Misphantom wrote:<br />Am I the only one who noticed that Callum didn't have any problems in using Aguilar's hidden blade when his ring finger should be cut for it to work? or maybe it was mentioned in the movie. the guys behind me was too noisy.</div>Hey Misphantom, long time no see!

Perhaps the Hidden Blades used by the Spanish Assassins did not necessarily require the cutting of a finger to work, but the Brotherhood still upheld the practice for tradition? After all, Aguilar has two Hidden Blades, but only had the ring finger on his right hand severed.
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For my part, Misphantom, I didn't even consider the fact that Callum might've needed to cut his ring finger for Aguilar's Hidden Blade to work. However, when I think back on it, I think I also was thinking that the ring finger severing was ceremonial and not a necessity, and the fact he didn't cut his other ring finger off was probably what gave it away.

I don't know why, but the Spanish Assassins in the film seemed very backward. Their customs are more aligned with the Levantine Assassins before Altaïr's reforms.