Unusual Sword

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Originally Posted by drac2k

Thank you for the information! Can I call this an Espada Ancha?

The proper name is "Espada de Chinaco", being the chinacos the Mexican revolutionary commanders against Maximiliano, and also later.

There was a thread discussing them (in Spanish) here:

https://www.mexicoarmado.com/cuchill...la-hoja-2.html

But it seems gone.

Chinacos are also considered predecessor of charros so you can find them as charro sword as well (espada charra or espada de charros).

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nohuanda/16669456566

https://www.shutterstock.com/es/edit...ddle-7647211uz

Espadas anchas belong to a diiferent geographical space and period, but certainly your old military blade could have been in one. These blades can be found in Moroccan nimchas too, but your sword is not a nimcha.

Outside Mexico it will be rare anybody knows what are you talking about with chinaco or charro sword. In USA they will with espada ancha.

Last picture from a book titled Charreria.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=...50684475946264

You can give a look to this thread.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24378