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ariel · 5th May 2006, 01:59 AM

Lew and Tim,
Why do you think the one Lew shows is Spanish? The seller, who presumably had some info, called it Mexican. What ground do we have to disbelieve him?
The "Spanish" motives in the depiction of a soldier? Well, this is a very expensive knife, probably hunting and must have belonged to a wealthy man (likely proud of his European heritage). Do we expect him to have engravings of Mexican folk art? Pinatas? Aztec symbology?
Here is another one (just ended), defined as Mexican: stacked handle, flat-headed eagle pommel and engravings that have some resemblance to the arabesque engravings on the blade of the knife in question.
I see no reason Mexican artisans could not produce high quality knives with European motives.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

5th May 2006, 01:59 AM	#14
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Lew and Tim, Why do you think the one Lew shows is Spanish? The seller, who presumably had some info, called it Mexican. What ground do we have to disbelieve him? The "Spanish" motives in the depiction of a soldier? Well, this is a very expensive knife, probably hunting and must have belonged to a wealthy man (likely proud of his European heritage). Do we expect him to have engravings of Mexican folk art? Pinatas? Aztec symbology? Here is another one (just ended), defined as Mexican: stacked handle, flat-headed eagle pommel and engravings that have some resemblance to the arabesque engravings on the blade of the knife in question. I see no reason Mexican artisans could not produce high quality knives with European motives. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1