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What you can read about Chilean corvos ...
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10th January 2021, 01:20 PM | #2 | |
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Well noted on the raven term also, I had not realized corvo meant curved but was thinking of the corvus term, which apparently refers to the Raven's hooked beak. This is the kind of information I had been looking for to add to and correct my notes . |
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10th January 2021, 01:47 PM | #3 |
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The notes on the Corvo courtesy:
https://www.guioteca.com/mitos-y-eni...cito-de-chile/ And by the way, raven in Portuguese translates to "Corvo" ... but that is a different deal . |
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You're welcome Detlef .
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I like this picture more. Quotation from the above given link: "...not to mention, in rural areas, it's one of the most popular weapons of bandits, rustlers, and broken ones in general." They speak from the early 1800s. |
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10th January 2021, 04:25 PM | #7 |
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Another interesting quotation from the given link:
"The website Famae.cl reports in their article "El Corvo Chile" that "it was worn by its users at the waist, on the left side and with the edge down; some people used it with a cover and others did not. The Production was a completely handmade process, the forging was carried out by a master farrier or by one's own user. The blade was intrusive and no thicker than 5 mm (the main edge is the inner edge), the curve of which ends in a point. The continuation of this blade a point that eventually forms the handle. The final finish of the handle can be polygonal contours made up of several rings arranged in sequence with materials that depend on the purchasing power of each person. That is why these knives come in different designs and shapes , there is no uniform design,.." |
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I REALLY like this picture a lot!!! If I may, this is what came to mind, my favorite 'spaghetti' western, and my interpretation Indeed these scary looking knives were very much 'cut throat' knives as the colloquial term went. |
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