Gonzalo, Thank you very much for identifying this as a Argentine facón for me as well as giving me an idea as to its age. Also my thanks for the great link that you posted which is not only very informative but also shows such beautiful examples of the different knives used by the gauchos.
Rick, My thanks for your advice on how to help restore the damage done to the blade on this. When I get time to do the work needed I will post new pictures hopefully showing it in better condition.
On another note, when I bought this the seller said that he thought that he had the leather scabbard for it and if he could find it he would call me. Well, he called today and is going to mail it out to me tomorrow.
