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Re your gaucho knife marked AE&Co Inox:
I did a search in Spanish and Portuguese and found this entry, in which AE&Co is equated with Abramo EBERLE e Companhia at http://brasil.abatata.com.br/cva/595..._Em_Prata.html As well, I found numerous Brazilian sales of belt buckles and knives under AE&Co. http://www.coiote.net/categoria_fivelas_32286_1.html Then there is this listing under Wikipedia, in Portuguese, which can be translated by Google, http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abramo_Eberle. This company is listed as an old manufacturer of sundry metallic products, knives, dress accessories etc and located in Brazil. I think that this may be the answer. Cheers Chris Last edited by Chris Evans; 26th July 2009 at 01:34 AM. |
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Hi Chris,
Thanks so much for your patience and time in looking into this. It certainly does read as if you have resolved my query regarding these. Thanks very much |
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Hi Hotspur,
I also looked in Domenech's Dagas de Plata, which deals mostly with older gaucho knives and he lists on pg263, under 'brand' Eberle, under `importer' Abramo and under `origin/manufacturer' Brazil, so that, I think, pretty much nails it down. Of course, the blade or even the whole knife could have been made by various sub-contractors on order by AE&Co, though that we'll probably never know. But... As far as the blade is concerned my mind immediately went to Mundial, a major Brazilian manufacturer of stainless steel knives. The reason I mention this is because there wouldn't be that many manufacturers there with the specialized facilities to make stainless blades as well as other items such as belt buckles, though this is only a guess on my part. In support of this view, I found one early AE&Co gaucho knife, fitted with the famous `Corneta' (Weyesberg) brand blade, so the firm did out-source blades in the past: http://brasil.abatata.com.br/lista_historicas/456429 Cheers Chris |
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http://www.thedazzledames.com/gift3.html Also attached here are my lone example and the other I had come across and archived in my pictures. Cheers Hotspur; the older ones do turn up at the drop of a hat and at some unexpected antique dealers |
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Hi Hotspur,
Good work - Well, then the puzzle has been solved. Cheers Chris |
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