Mexican Presentation Sword?

[kronckew]

well, it's here. basically as we discussed above, machete style flexible blade, nice decorations both sides, the maker's name is above the 'made in mexico', and is "A. Aragon, Oax.". i gather that referrs to the state of Oaxaca, the state next to guererro where acapulco is.

there is an incscription on the opposite side, it appears to say (some letters were stylised and worn, harder to see):



Ni me saco, ni me saca
y aunque guera nolo sigo (spelling? i think it may mean guerra, 2nd word 'aunque' or maybe aungue')
al cabo la muerte es flaca
y no ha de poder conmigo


the decoration on this side is cattle being herded and the trees are not palms as on the other side. there is a saguaro cactus there as well on either side of the inscription.



the hilt has whatever it was dipped in worn in a few spots. the tarnish on it is black. the pommel nut is threaded on to a tang, if you look thru the lanyard hiole you can see the threaded hole, i've not taken it loose. the skin appears to be a fine scaled brown snake skin. the front of the guard is decorated in a line of stamped leaves and has the number '10' stamped on it near the top of the teardrop shaped opening in the lower guard. neither the guard or the rest of the metal hilt parts are magnetic at all. i think it may be brass under the silvery coating.

the 26 1/4" blade is distal tapered, starting at 0.20 in. (5mm.) at the guard, down to 0.08 in (2mm) 4 in. from the guard, 0.07 in. (1.67mm.) at halfway, and 0.045 in. (1.14mm.) just rear of the tip. blade is 1.5 in. (40mm.) wide at the grip, 2 3/16 in. (55mm.) at the swell. definitely not a stamped sheet steel machete in this one.


in hand shot for scale: