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I am often asked to share interesting things I have tucked away here and tonight I find myself with a little time to do so.
The attached images shows some knives and Bola from South America. There have been many nice examples presented over time in these pages and I thought these worthy of the mix. If I am on target, and those more learned might chime in, the knives from the top down appear to be from Chile, Argentina and Brazil. The Chile is a very fine presentation example, for I suspect valour looking at the script but this may be customary when gifted? The Chile blade also shows names to the cartouches within the scroll work. The large one is a great working knife and the Brazilian example is a fine example of the type. Gavin |
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Hi Gav,
thank you for sharing, beautiful examples! Are the Bola balls from ivory? Regards, Detlef |
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Can we please see some more pictures? Particularly of the Faca de Ponta.
Cheers, Russel |
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Hi Detlef,
The bola are ivory and silver. Hi Russel, I should have time this week for images of the Faca de Ponta. Gavin |
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So the Bola is a dress piece and not for use? I also would like to see the blades.
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The Bola are certainly dress items but I've swung them around without throwing them and they feel like they would work very well if required.
I have seen others pictured in books, also of ivory and silver but with much age and wear from use.... Images of the knives when time permits. |
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Wow Gav... I've never seen an ivory and silver bola before. That's quite a looker alright...
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Thanks Chris,
It isn't too hard to picture these hanging from the saddle of a very well dressed Gaucho, jingling along with the horses movements. Gavin |
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Gavin,
Nice collection. Any chance of a photograph of the blades showing brand and any other inscriptions or features? Cheers Chris |
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Hi Chris,
Just as soon as I can as most of my collections are currently in safe storage because we are selling our home...open houses and toys laying around....I am not very trusting in that respect :-) Gav |
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Hi Gav,
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