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10th January 2021, 04:04 PM
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You're welcome Detlef
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10th January 2021, 04:08 PM
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 I like this picture more.  Quotation from the above given link: "...not to mention, in rural areas, it's one of the most popular weapons of bandits, rustlers, and broken ones in general." They speak from the early 1800s. |
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10th January 2021, 04:25 PM
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Another interesting quotation from the given link:
"The website Famae.cl reports in their article "El Corvo Chile" that "it was worn by its users at the waist, on the left side and with the edge down; some people used it with a cover and others did not. The Production was a completely handmade process, the forging was carried out by a master farrier or by one's own user. The blade was intrusive and no thicker than 5 mm (the main edge is the inner edge), the curve of which ends in a point. The continuation of this blade a point that eventually forms the handle. The final finish of the handle can be polygonal contours made up of several rings arranged in sequence with materials that depend on the purchasing power of each person. That is why these knives come in different designs and shapes , there is no uniform design,.." |
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10th January 2021, 06:35 PM
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I REALLY like this picture a lot!!! If I may, this is what came to mind, my favorite 'spaghetti' western, and my interpretation Indeed these scary looking knives were very much 'cut throat' knives as the colloquial term went. |
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11th January 2021, 06:01 AM
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An extensive webpage on the 'crow' translated to English from the original Spanish.
Urbatorium Personally, I prefer the less steeply angled 'Puma Claw' versions which retain some thrusting ability as well as hooking and slicing. Jim's pic above for example... |
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11th January 2021, 01:04 PM
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You guys are amazing
 . I cherish you with a picture of the real thing and you show up saying that you prefer the Antonio Banderas parfum advert version   .
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11th January 2021, 01:34 PM
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11th January 2021, 01:36 PM
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And by the way ...
Famous Chilean historian Don Benjamin Vicuña Mackena affirms in "" El Libro de la Plata "(1882) that the corvo is actually Peruvian and that it was adopted by the Chilean workers who worked in Tarapacá.
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11th January 2021, 03:14 PM
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11th January 2021, 04:33 PM
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Pulling my leg
Wayne, you are unique. You now perfectly that it is the translation engine that decided on such flaw.
The Spanish version: Como prueba de su predilección por el cuchillo como arma de lucha, se cuenta que en muchos casos, durante la guerra entre Perú y Chile, en el momento de la batalla, los soldados chilenos tiraron sus armas y se lanzaron sobre el enemigo con corvos, luchando en el combate mano a mano". I would also suggest that there are no crows or ravens in that hemisphere. |
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