19th century corvo for discussion

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by fernando

The notes on the Corvo courtesy:

https://www.guioteca.com/mitos-y-eni...cito-de-chile/

Thank you for the link Fernando, I've noticed it some time ago but forget about it.

Regards,
Detlef

[fernando]

You're welcome Detlef .

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[Sajen]

Originally Posted by fernando

You're welcome Detlef .

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I like this picture more.

Quotation from the above given link: "...not to mention, in rural areas, it's one of the most popular weapons of bandits, rustlers, and broken ones in general." They speak from the early 1800s.

[Sajen]

Another interesting quotation from the given link:
"The website Famae.cl reports in their article "El Corvo Chile" that "it was worn by its users at the waist, on the left side and with the edge down; some people used it with a cover and others did not. The Production was a completely handmade process, the forging was carried out by a master farrier or by one's own user. The blade was intrusive and no thicker than 5 mm (the main edge is the inner edge), the curve of which ends in a point. The continuation of this blade a point that eventually forms the handle. The final finish of the handle can be polygonal contours made up of several rings arranged in sequence with materials that depend on the purchasing power of each person. That is why these knives come in different designs and shapes , there is no uniform design,.."

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Sajen

I like this picture more.

Quotation from the above given link: "...not to mention, in rural areas, it's one of the most popular weapons of bandits, rustlers, and broken ones in general." They speak from the early 1800s.

I REALLY like this picture a lot!!!
If I may, this is what came to mind, my favorite 'spaghetti' western, and my interpretation
Indeed these scary looking knives were very much 'cut throat' knives as the colloquial term went.

[kronckew]

An extensive webpage on the 'crow' translated to English from the original Spanish.

Urbatorium

Personally, I prefer the less steeply angled 'Puma Claw' versions which retain some thrusting ability as well as hooking and slicing. Jim's pic above for example...

[fernando]

You guys are amazing .
I cherish you with a picture of the real thing and you show up saying that you prefer the Antonio Banderas parfum advert version .

[fernando]

Originally Posted by kronckew

...An extensive webpage on the 'crow' translated to English from the original Spanish...

I see no mention of crows in the article, Wayne; only curved (or crooked) knives .

[fernando]

Famous Chilean historian Don Benjamin Vicuña Mackena affirms in "" El Libro de la Plata "(1882) that the corvo is actually Peruvian and that it was adopted by the Chilean workers who worked in Tarapacá.
Go figure !

[kronckew]

Originally Posted by fernando

I see no mention of crows in the article, Wayne; only curved (or crooked) knives .

Excerpt from well down the Spanish website, in English: ( )