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Old 16th October 2010, 01:49 PM   #22
Chris Evans
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Originally Posted by laEspadaAncha
Hi Chris, Gene, et al,

Not to oversimplify, but I would consider them to be gaucho knives just as I would consider the plethora of knives we know as Bowie knives to be Bowie knives - similar in form and recognized as such based on both their design and heritage... Rezin and Jim Bowie have been dead for more than a century and a half, but Bowie knives are still made today.
Knowledgeable Argentines call this type of knife "Cuchillo Criollo" (Creole knife).

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Chris
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