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2nd September 2011, 04:15 AM
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Reactivating topic!
Hello Guys!
I'm reviving this topic to add new information! This knife is a knife with certainty Brazilian. Probably this is a “Mineira” knife. This type of knives (Mineira) were produced starting in the end century XVIII the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Present on the cable, sheath and ricasso pretty loud in silver. The grooves and details on the blade are not rare, and appear in various knives. This model influenced the type of “faca de ponta”, another Brazilian model. This link has extensive information on Brasilian Knives... http://www.colecaoorsini.com.br/ But in the Portuguese language. Best regards Brezolin PS: Sorry for my english, I'm using Google translator. |
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2nd September 2011, 10:05 AM
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Hi Brezolin, Your English translation is excellent, do not worry. Thank you for the information and welcome to the forums. I assumed that these small Brazilian knives were still generically known simply as 'Faca De Ponta', so it's very interesting to hear that these small ones are “Mineira”. Could you have a look at this thread please: Faca de ponta I would be greatful is you could review my 'findings' into the below examples and make any comments or corrections? Regards Gene |
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3rd September 2011, 10:32 AM
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Brezolin,
Muito obrigado  for your post and that wonderful link to Brazilian knives. Cheers Chris |
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3rd September 2011, 12:38 PM
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I don't know what this piece is, I see some similarity in this post, the metal mounts are aluminum, the guard in the shape of a Lebel bayonet. The pumpkin shape ball pommel is horn and much eaten by insects. Grip is reeded bone. 17" overall. Any idea?
Best, Jerry |
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3rd September 2011, 06:25 PM
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Great topic very interesting, I like the cross referencing. Jerry your knife is from West Africa, French speaking west Africa. There is stuff in the archive I will try to find. In the meantime here are some of mine.
Links and waffle. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...net+collectors http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=liberia Last edited by Tim Simmons; 3rd September 2011 at 06:40 PM. |
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4th September 2011, 03:43 PM
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Tim,
Thanks so much for your information and the links, until now with your help I had no idea and West Africa it appears to be. Many thanks, Jerry |
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5th September 2011, 04:40 AM
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Hello guys!
Thanks for the reception! Gene, are two beautiful "facas de ponta". The only thing that caught my attention was the sheath of small, unusual. Usually the sheath of "Facas de ponta" tip is with leather, and when they had metal tips possessed typical format, similar to the body of the guitar.But a lack of large-scale production (industries bladesmiths) knives have a huge variation. (Posters on the link provided other details.) Chris, thank you. Jerry, this knife is very similar to the "Faca de Ponta" (northeast), but as Tim pointed a knife she is not Brazilian. By having the guard in the traditional format of bayonets and aluminum fornitures unscharacterizes the knife as a Brazilian. Some possessed guard, especially the imported blades (Some Northeast Brazilian bladesmith imported blade to lay (?) cables - like the gauchos), but not they had the same format of bayonets. Best regards Brezolin |
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