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28th March 2011, 08:23 PM
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Faca De Ponta.
Does anyone have information on the very large Faca De Ponta carried in the late 19th/early 20th century?
Pictures of examples would be very helpful. Thanks Gene |
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28th March 2011, 09:09 PM
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28th March 2011, 09:28 PM
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Ello Lew, Not those mate, the really BIG ones that the bandits like Lampiao carried. The 2' long almost shortsword sized ones  I can't seem to find any info on them? Best gene |
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29th March 2011, 12:21 PM
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Hi all.
This is the type I'm interested in: 
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29th March 2011, 01:00 PM
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I am sure Chris will be able to chime in and at least offer some direction. Gav |
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29th March 2011, 01:27 PM
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Gav, thanks for coming into this. You have a wealth of experience of more and varied weapons than most of us. Do you see many of these 'giant' knives? Best gene |
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30th March 2011, 01:22 AM
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Sadly no. I do not speak Portuguese and because of thus I know little of their knife lore, save a bit that pertains to the southern parts of that wonderful country, where their blade culture resembles that of Uruguay and Argentina. Gene, The Argentineans also had such very long facons, invariably made from a discarded sword blade and were known as saddle facons as they were carried pinned under the gaucho's saddle. They fell into disuse and in all probability were originally used as slaughtering tools of wild cattle, though no doubt they also did double duty as weapons, when required. They were considered too cumbersome to be carried in the traditional way, though many gauchos tucked 60cm blades into their belts at the small of the back. Cheers Chris |
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