machete

fernando · 18th December 2022, 10:43 AM

Perhaps Ventura Monteiro. Brasil ? Machete de seringueiro; worker that extracts the latex from rubber trees ?

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Interested Party · 20th December 2022, 04:21 AM

It looks central American to me. I see El Salvadorans working with very similar sheaths today. Check out the Imacasa web site. They make patterns for almost everyone including Brazilian ones that Fernando mentioned. The handle to me does look older as Edster says.

fernando · 20th December 2022, 11:09 AM

If the last name is actually spelled MONTEIRO is Portuguese; thus a Brazilian item.

Interested Party · 20th December 2022, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by fernando

If the last name is actually spelled MONTEIRO is Portuguese; thus a Brazilian item.

Of Brazilian use or manufacture? Would you place the age between 1940-1960 or after? I would imagine the sheath is not original. It is quite well built, being water molded, tooled and the frog is attached with little rivets that look like bits of nails.

fernando · 20th December 2022, 03:17 PM

I was only focusing on the name; no knowledge to further judging

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Martin Lubojacky · 21st December 2022, 02:34 PM

Thank you all for your interesting comments.
I'm of the opinion that the name is a bit longer - I see it as Monterroza (acc to
https://forebears.io/surnames/monterroza - it is found mainly in Colombia).
The frog is attached to the sheath with many miniature nails, yet it holds firmly. The typeface seems older to me (I would guess that's how my grandfather wrote), so I think from the way the scabbard might be circa 1950s (?).

BBJW · 11th January 2023, 08:18 PM

Agreed that it is Central American (South Texas/Arizona) most likely El Salvador.--bbjw

18th December 2022, 10:43 AM	#1
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Perhaps Ventura Monteiro. Brasil ? Machete de seringueiro; worker that extracts the latex from rubber trees ? . . Last edited by fernando; 18th December 2022 at 11:51 AM. Reason: Spell

20th December 2022, 04:21 AM	#2
Interested Party Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Eastern Sierra Posts: 497	It looks central American to me. I see El Salvadorans working with very similar sheaths today. Check out the Imacasa web site. They make patterns for almost everyone including Brazilian ones that Fernando mentioned. The handle to me does look older as Edster says.

20th December 2022, 11:09 AM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	If the last name is actually spelled MONTEIRO is Portuguese; thus a Brazilian item.

20th December 2022, 03:17 PM	#5
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	I was only focusing on the name; no knowledge to further judging .

21st December 2022, 02:34 PM	#6
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	Thank you all for your interesting comments. I'm of the opinion that the name is a bit longer - I see it as Monterroza (acc to https://forebears.io/surnames/monterroza - it is found mainly in Colombia). The frog is attached to the sheath with many miniature nails, yet it holds firmly. The typeface seems older to me (I would guess that's how my grandfather wrote), so I think from the way the scabbard might be circa 1950s (?).

11th January 2023, 08:18 PM	#7
BBJW Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 228	Agreed that it is Central American (South Texas/Arizona) most likely El Salvador.--bbjw