Mexican (?) Dagger for Identification?

[Conogre]

Mine arrived today and, as suspected/predicted is unsharpened, something that will soon be remedied if it's to have any use as a SKOW (steak knife of the world! **grin**).
The leatherwork on the sheath seems likely to be Brazilian as well, making me suspect that these were likely the precursors to the Goucho knives before the fancy silver incarnation that we associate with them today.
If used as a working knife it would seem that the blades would be particularly nasty as a fighting weapon or an assasination type blade that could be used without anyone ever being the wiser until the perpetrator was long gone.
I suspect that here's a case where we are seeing the devolution of a weapon as opposed to the evolution that we normally think about?
Mike

[knife7knut]

Originally Posted by Conogre

If used as a working knife it would seem that the blades would be particularly nasty as a fighting weapon or an assasination type blade that could be used without anyone ever being the wiser until the perpetrator was long gone.

Mike

Mike:
I'm not sure that this type of knife would function very well as a fighter or an assassin's knife mainly because of the lack of a suitable guard or hand stop.On the other hand,that might go towards explaining why there is no sharp edge on them.The thickness of the blade might make it suitable for stabbing through heavy garments but with the force required to do that would almost make it mandatory to have some type of crossguard.
It really doesn't work very well as a letteropener either!
Cheers
Ray