Faca De Ponta.

Atlantia · 29th March 2011, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by freebooter

Gene,

I am sure Chris will be able to chime in and at least offer some direction.

Gav

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

Gavin Nugent · 29th March 2011, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Atlantia

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

Hi Gene,

I have only ever seen two and also a single photo image here on the site, attached to a Navaja thread....from memory, don't quote me on this...I'll have a dig and see what surfaces.

Gav

Gavin Nugent · 29th March 2011, 12:48 PM

This is the image I remember...close but much the same as the larger ones in Lew's first link... there are several other rustic knives of this size under the Gaucho search.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...knife+fighting

Gav

Atlantia · 29th March 2011, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freebooter

This is the image I remember...close but much the same as the larger ones in Lew's first link... there are several other rustic knives of this size under the Gaucho search.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...knife+fighting

Gav

Hi Gav,

I'm after the specific Brazilian (I think) ones.
Like this one of mine, just vastly larger!

Unlike this one, I believe they often have bands in the silver hilt (like a giant centipede)

blacklacrau · 29th March 2011, 04:31 PM

Try this...

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11894

Atlantia · 29th March 2011, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by blacklacrau

Try this...

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11894

Hi Blacklacrau,
Thanks for coming in on this

The small ones I'm fairly conversent with. I've now got a couple and regularly see the little souvenier ones for sale.
I'm after information and examples of the large fighting ones carried by the bandits Like these in the clip posted by Chris in the other thread.
Have a look at the clip, you can see they are of this sort of size (around 60cm/2'):

Thanks again
Gene

blacklacrau · 29th March 2011, 04:57 PM

The material of the hilt was horn, bone, ivory (provinientes of billiard balls), silver, brass and many others.
The daggers of the outlaws were made only to kill helpless victims, kneeling. The outlaws pierced between the clavicle and neck reaching into the heart, sometimes going through to the backs.
The daggers were piercing weapons only, with no cutting edge along the blade.
The higher the prestige and importance of the bandit his biggest dagger, conseqentemente was the biggest dagger Lampião that was about 87cm.

29th March 2011, 12:48 PM	#3
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	This is the image I remember This is the image I remember...close but much the same as the larger ones in Lew's first link... there are several other rustic knives of this size under the Gaucho search. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...knife+fighting Gav

29th March 2011, 04:31 PM	#5
blacklacrau Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 50	Try this... http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11894

29th March 2011, 04:57 PM	#7
blacklacrau Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 50	The material of the hilt was horn, bone, ivory (provinientes of billiard balls), silver, brass and many others. The daggers of the outlaws were made only to kill helpless victims, kneeling. The outlaws pierced between the clavicle and neck reaching into the heart, sometimes going through to the backs. The daggers were piercing weapons only, with no cutting edge along the blade. The higher the prestige and importance of the bandit his biggest dagger, conseqentemente was the biggest dagger Lampião that was about 87cm.