Spanish or Argentine knives?

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by Héctor

Hello everyone, Chregu the knife is presented with certainty Brazilian gaucho but is not. It is coming from the state of Minas Gerais, in the central part of Brazil. His features have a great influence knives originated in the Mediterranean region, in particular Spain. Like many blades that were produced in the region during this period. As the age of the piece, based on other similar blades in this region, I suppose it was made ​​between 1860 to 1890.

Hi Héctor,

Thank you for another informative post on South American knives.
You prove to be vey well versed on the subject and I personally look forward to more replies as these interesting knives surface.

Gavin