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Old 4th January 2018, 05:34 PM   #1
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Default Mexican Blade

Señores,

bought this blade on a market in Puebla, México, last week for virtually nothing.
„Viva la Penca“ can be translated as „Long live the blade“ with room for a slippier interpretation.
Hilt part is 9,5 cm long, the actual blade 18,5 cm, overall is 28 cm.
I have seen similarly shaped knives in a museum in Oaxaca and done some web research.
I still am clueless as to what the complete hilt may have looked like.
Any ideas from an experienced collector?

Thanks in advance!
Dirk.
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