Faca De Ponta.

[Lew]

http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/facon/criollo.html

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/printthread.php?t=13402

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Lew

http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/facon/criollo.html

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/printthread.php?t=13402

Ello Lew,

Not those mate, the really BIG ones that the bandits like Lampiao carried.
The 2' long almost shortsword sized ones

I can't seem to find any info on them?

Best
gene

[Atlantia]

Hi all.
This is the type I'm interested in:

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Hi all.
This is the type I'm interested in:

Gene,

I am sure Chris will be able to chime in and at least offer some direction.

Gav

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by freebooter

Gene,

I am sure Chris will be able to chime in and at least offer some direction.

Gav

Gav,
thanks for coming into this. You have a wealth of experience of more and varied weapons than most of us. Do you see many of these 'giant' knives?

Best
gene

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Gav,
thanks for coming into this. You have a wealth of experience of more and varied weapons than most of us. Do you see many of these 'giant' knives?

Best
gene

Hi Gene,

I have only ever seen two and also a single photo image here on the site, attached to a Navaja thread....from memory, don't quote me on this...I'll have a dig and see what surfaces.

Gav

[Gavin Nugent]

This is the image I remember...close but much the same as the larger ones in Lew's first link... there are several other rustic knives of this size under the Gaucho search.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...knife+fighting

Gav

[Chris Evans]

Originally Posted by freebooter

Gene,

I am sure Chris will be able to chime in and at least offer some direction.

Gav

Gav,

Sadly no. I do not speak Portuguese and because of thus I know little of their knife lore, save a bit that pertains to the southern parts of that wonderful country, where their blade culture resembles that of Uruguay and Argentina.

Gene,

The Argentineans also had such very long facons, invariably made from a discarded sword blade and were known as saddle facons as they were carried pinned under the gaucho's saddle. They fell into disuse and in all probability were originally used as slaughtering tools of wild cattle, though no doubt they also did double duty as weapons, when required. They were considered too cumbersome to be carried in the traditional way, though many gauchos tucked 60cm blades into their belts at the small of the back.

Cheers
Chris

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Chris Evans

Gav,

Sadly no. I do not speak Portuguese and because of thus I know little of their knife lore, save a bit that pertains to the southern parts of that wonderful country, where their blade culture resembles that of Uruguay and Argentina.

Gene,

The Argentineans also had such very long facons, invariably made from a discarded sword blade and were known as saddle facons as they were carried pinned under the gaucho's saddle. They fell into disuse and in all probability were originally used as slaughtering tools of wild cattle, though no doubt they also did double duty as weapons, when required. They were considered too cumbersome to be carried in the traditional way, though many gauchos tucked 60cm blades into their belts at the small of the back.

Cheers
Chris

Thanks Chris,
As a collector of the gaucho field, do you see many of these giant Brazilian ones?

[Chris Evans]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Thanks Chris,
As a collector of the gaucho field, do you see many of these giant Brazilian ones?

No, only on the internet, when they come up for sale or discussion.

Cheers
Chris