27th September 2024, 03:01 AM | #7 |
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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 Last edited by midelburgo; 27th September 2024 at 03:40 AM. |
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