gaucho knives

Gonzalo G · 15th July 2008, 05:21 AM

Kronckew, your first is a free interpretation of the criollo, not really a criollo, but a modern style knife inspired on. The puñal criollo has no guard, but it has always a button. This kife was mounted by poor children in a kind of special institution in Argentina (Misiones). The second is a verijero and the third a puñal, those last made in the real tradition of the puñales criollos.
My regards

Gonzalo

A. G. Maisey · 15th July 2008, 06:30 AM

Thanks for your comments, Gonzalo.

The two RHS vertical knives could be from bayonets, but if they are, they have been extensively reworked, as both have a strong distal taper and some spring in the blade.

The bottom knife that looks as if it has silver over the ricasso is in fact a early European knife, not a South American knife. What looks like ornamental silver is in fact an ornamented steel ricasso, an integral part of the blade

15th July 2008, 05:21 AM	#1
Gonzalo G Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Nothern Mexico Posts: 458	Kronckew, your first is a free interpretation of the criollo, not really a criollo, but a modern style knife inspired on. The puñal criollo has no guard, but it has always a button. This kife was mounted by poor children in a kind of special institution in Argentina (Misiones). The second is a verijero and the third a puñal, those last made in the real tradition of the puñales criollos. My regards Gonzalo

15th July 2008, 06:30 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,015	Thanks for your comments, Gonzalo. The two RHS vertical knives could be from bayonets, but if they are, they have been extensively reworked, as both have a strong distal taper and some spring in the blade. The bottom knife that looks as if it has silver over the ricasso is in fact a early European knife, not a South American knife. What looks like ornamental silver is in fact an ornamented steel ricasso, an integral part of the blade