HI Steve
I found this surprising. It's in a new book I've just received - The illustrated encyclopedia of knives, daggers and bayonets.
Sorry for taking a photo, I haven't got my scanner up and running yet. Two points worth noting - the horn hilt (obviously), described as gazelle, and secondly the blades bear a fair resemblane to the blade type of your item.
These are described as Spanish fighting knives, 19th century.
Whether this is a red herring, or a breakthrough in the identification, I don't know. But I thought should let you know.
Cheers
Ron
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