Spanish, colonial, neighbors, and friends

[tom hyle]

Pictures off to Conogre tomorrow A wheel arrangement; a very bad photo; entirely my fault. Starting at 12 o'clock, and going clockwise:
The Collins 1005 or a knockoff; not marked; Collins made "sterile" ones for certain military etc. spplications, and it's said other cutlers filled these contracts, too. Super heavy sword markedly similar in appearance to a certain t-handle mystery sword we've discussed previously:
Mexican bill-knife; folded body, possibly inlaid edge; excavated in Monterey; I think a rusted delamination goes all the way thru behind the "bit" just at the tightest middle of the hook, making it a prime candidate for reworking:
Teeny little boot/garter dagger:
2 oclock Machete marked No. 22 and with a picture of a warrior in skirt and feathered hat with sword and sheild. The back end of the handle scale has been chewed off by a rodent(?) as seen. the result is very rounded, comfortable,and welcome, unlike when the mice ate my drawer of snake skins:
Mexican machete with pseudo-yelman; cuchilla del costa? Tang disappears between horn scales. I think pommel is zoomorphic, but super-stylized. Hotstruck "Famador" and with no engraving or fance:
Khoumiya with ridge-line blade; an old one; an older style; I'm thinking 19th, early 20th (sheath); some closer-up out of focus shots are included:
4 oclock Caribean sword w/boot shaped handle, Rob't. Mole blade sharpened all the way around the round "Roman" tip and the yelman; handle is wrapped w/copper wire (sheath):
Spanish colonial/maritime dagger; early to mid 19th? Forged flat copper guard, ash handle made from a branch or sapling. From ebay. When I was waiting for this, and even when I first got it, I suspected it might be an Asian tanged spear blade, but it's not. Tang section is a 1/4" square where it is peined at the copper butt plate. Sketch included:
Saxlike Mexican sword; cuchilla del costa? Handle is 3 layers of horn; the middle one split clothespin style with the tang disappearing into the slit, the others layered onto it like the cheekplates of a san mai blade. Interestingly never sharpened. Note round tip:
6 oclock Practice dagger, c17? May be cut down from a practice sword; tip is quite stiff, but then I'm given to understand they were stiffer at the time. Interestingly, the unsharp ricassoe on this and on the Spanish dagger are the same length and cross section. Sketch included:
hooked sword. Caribean? Had a totally dry rotted horsehair filled, leather coverd handle when I got it. Slave sword? Up to the curve blade is relatively thick (about 3/32") and shaftlike and only nominally sharpened, but then blade widens and thins into a flat cutting area sharp on the inside of the hook. Spring tempered and entirely forged to shape:
a smallish, particularly daggery and particularly matulislike talibon or talibeque. Also seen under "E Asian" (sheath with long wooden "nose" in place of the belt catching piece of hide):
8 oclock Heavy talibon of "garab" type (AFAIK) with thumbrest and scarf welded edge. Nice sword:
Moro gunong, mid 20th. (Sheath): 10oclock Very saxlike sword from Batangas (?) real nice; maybe an inlaid edge. Ends of the horn handle are poured in with lead. (sheath):
Matulislike Mexican bolo. Sketch included:
Columbian or Venizuelan sword w/machete type handle. Maybe a large butchering knife. Note a certain resemblance to talibon. Handle w/copper wire wrap:
Another matulislike Mexican bolo, smaller, older. Sketch included. (sheath):
A Knife excavated in Montery; a bit peculiar, it is sharp along the shorter edge, but completely square/blunt on the angled tip part, and in this it is like a Japanese knife that'll appear under "E Asian" with the talibons.