A "gaucho" knife for your perusal

[Chris Evans]

Originally Posted by Gonzalo G

Chris, I have seen many quaddaras, kindjals or qamas with the same somewhat squared hilts, or frankly squared, and more or less terse surfaces. It is not so uncommon. Sometimes the criollos have exagonal hilts, to perform a better grip.
My best regards

Hi Gonzalo,

Thanks for your thoughts.

I suppose that this is something that cannot be easily proven, but my suspicions are that many the silver mounted 19th century Creole knives were not used for much more than dress accessories or cutting up meat at an `asado' (barbeque), as evidenced by the relatively smooth grips.

Cheers
Chris