19th century corvo for discussion

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Sajen

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.

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.

[kronckew]

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...

[fernando]

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 .

[fernando]

Originally Posted by kronckew

...An extensive webpage on the 'crow' translated to English from the original Spanish...

I see no mention of crows in the article, Wayne; only curved (or crooked) knives .

[fernando]

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.
Go figure !

[kronckew]

Originally Posted by fernando

I see no mention of crows in the article, Wayne; only curved (or crooked) knives .

Excerpt from well down the Spanish website, in English: ( )

[fernando]

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.

[kronckew]

Originally Posted by fernando

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.

I acknowledge the avian 'crow' ref. is incorrect. (unless you are Portuguese -which you are), Is the Spanish plural for a Corvo Knife 'Corvos'?

I suspect from the racist reference to razors just before, it was translated into Spanish from some 19c English (possibly American) historian's mistaken crow reference. In the translated context 'corvos should not have been translated as if it were in Portugese.

(I was taking a rare opportunity to 'pull your leg' a bit too.)

I blame your Spanish neighbours for not speaking properly, like the Portuguese do. (The western part of the Iberian Peninsula has always been more independent and resistant to conquest and change than the peoples east of you.

The rest of the web page was interesting tho. I will have to keep my eyes open for one of the older less plastic modern 'tactical' ones like the one your soldier has in his belt. With luck, I'll get one with a blue grip.

p.s. look up "(Cyanocorax caeruleus) (Brazilian Portuguese: Gralha-azul, meaning blue jackdaw) is a passeriform bird of the crow family, Corvidae.
...". Scientists have decided it's NOT a jackdaw, but a proper corvid, er Corvus/corvo

[fernando]

For plural we always use the S.

Castillian (so called Spanish):

Un (cuchillo) Corvo, dos Corvos.
Un (pajaro) Cuervo, dos Cuervos.

Portuguese:

Um (passaro) Corvo, dois Corvos.

Spanish Galician:(*)

Un (paxaro) corvo, dous corvos.

(*)
Galician (Galego) is often similar or equal to Portuguese.

[fernando]

Originally Posted by kronckew

... I will have to keep my eyes open for one of the older less plastic modern 'tactical' ones like the one your soldier has in his belt...

Good choice; "no replicas" is my middle name. You might as well strengthen your search and acquire one as used by this Inca General of Division .


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