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11th March 2005, 11:09 PM
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Location: Santa Barbara, California
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Pardon my ignorance, but what is 'The levine's'?
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15th March 2005, 04:47 PM
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A good general reference , reasonably priced too ! |
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15th March 2005, 07:45 PM
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Corvo, Faca, etc.
Ray:
I think those older ones are nice examples of functional faca. As Tom points out, there is a similarity to the Mediterranean style of knife, and the stacked hilt is reminiscent of Canary Island knives (also a Spanish colony in the 19th C.) as well as the Chilean corvo, with a mix of bone and horn slices, iron and brass spacers. The conical bolster is seen on older Chilean corvo (as Tom has said). Here are some archived pictures from previous posts that show Chilean corvo. The last one is a post-WWII tourist corvo in a more contemporary style. There are recently made military and civilian forms of the corvo also. Ian. Last edited by Ian; 15th March 2005 at 08:22 PM. |
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15th March 2005, 08:11 PM
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One more corvo ...
and its the best one I've seen. This silver handled corvo comes in a red tooled leather sheath. The mode of wearing the corvo is illustrated in the picture of an officer in the 19th C. Chilean Army.
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Hybrid Mode
