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.