Mexican knives from Baja california.

[ausjulius]

Mexican knives from Baja california.
regional ethnographic knives from mexico.

these are called "desert knives"--"cuchillos del desierto"
there is a large array of knives made around the city of la paz.
According to what i can find there is still about 20 knife makers in this area making traditional knives, bowies and machetes.


there is also a novelty "pistol" shaped pocket knife similar to the pocket knives made in Chile ..

[ausjulius]

the range still made is quite good.
here you can see the production of a knife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYqAbOAC7-s

[Tim Simmons]

I would like the smaller one in the last photo. Rather cool.

[Sajen]

Thank you very much for sharing! Nice variation of knives.

[ausjulius]

Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

I would like the smaller one in the last photo. Rather cool.

Yeah they are neat knives, people still use them there. So they are not simply souvenirs but still local market products