Its not a gaucho David, it actually came from Italy to New Zealand at the end of the 19th century, and had been in the family of the bloke I got it from for generations. I was told years ago that it is a "Mediterranean Dirk", but from what little of this stuff I understand that is a very generic sort of term. I reckon it is sort of a grandfather of the gaucho. I'm hoping somebody can tell me from where it originally came and about how old it is. I had a pretty good collection of gaucho knives at one time, not a lot, maybe 10 or 12, and this knife is similar, but much smaller, lighter, older than any of the gauchos I had.
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