Spanish or Argentine knives?

[russel]

Hello, long time lurker here.

I have long thought that a knife of mine may be from South America. While it is quite different to those above, the file work shows a resemblance to me. Am I on the right track?

Thanks to everyone for a fantastic forum.

Cheers, Russel

[Héctor]

Olá a todos, Chregu a faca apresentada é com certeza brasileira, mas não é gaúcha. É procedente do estado de Minas Gerais, na parte central do Brasil. Seus traços tem uma grande influencia das facas oriundas da região mediterrânea, em especial a Espanha. Assim como muitas laminas que foram produzidas na região neste período. Quanto a idade da peça, baseado em outras laminas semelhantes desta região, suponho que tenha sido feita entre 1860 a 1890.

Google translate;

Hello everyone, Chregu the knife is presented with certainty Brazilian gaucho but is not. It is coming from the state of Minas Gerais, in the central part of Brazil. His features have a great influence knives originated in the Mediterranean region, in particular Spain. Like many blades that were produced in the region during this period. As the age of the piece, based on other similar blades in this region, I suppose it was made ​​between 1860 to 1890.

[chregu]

hello together

many thanks for your help.
it is now clear to me, I will not sell it because I do not have a knife from brazil! smile.
again many thanks to you all.

greeting Chregu

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by Héctor

Hello everyone, Chregu the knife is presented with certainty Brazilian gaucho but is not. It is coming from the state of Minas Gerais, in the central part of Brazil. His features have a great influence knives originated in the Mediterranean region, in particular Spain. Like many blades that were produced in the region during this period. As the age of the piece, based on other similar blades in this region, I suppose it was made ​​between 1860 to 1890.

Hi Héctor,

Thank you for another informative post on South American knives.
You prove to be vey well versed on the subject and I personally look forward to more replies as these interesting knives surface.

Gavin