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Gaucho Knife
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I know nothing about gaucho knives, but A.G. Russell sells these ones and these ones that are made in Argentina. Or you might contact Ariel Salaverria and see if he'll make you one.
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Torz,
Emailing Salaverria, says he only does Damascus & San Mai, I'm looking for a traditional Gaucho knife that a working man might have used (or might still use). He's offered to refer me to a friend for those.
Good lead, thanks.
Ben,
I'll keep an eye on that site.
Thanks.
Denis
Emailing Salaverria, says he only does Damascus & San Mai, I'm looking for a traditional Gaucho knife that a working man might have used (or might still use). He's offered to refer me to a friend for those.
Good lead, thanks.
Ben,
I'll keep an eye on that site.
Thanks.
Denis
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I'm from Argentina, so I can probably help out with this.
What sort of "gaucho" knife are you looking for? The pattern made by Arbolito (Böker) is known as "puñal criollo" and is probably one of the more practical "criollo" knife designs. However, I wouldn't recommend Böker knives since you can get a custom for almost the same price.
There are lots of talented makers here, my personal favourite is Mariano Gugliotta, he was featured in a recent Tactical Knives magazine (the one with the weird looking Sabretooth survival knife on the cover). He hangs around KF quite a bit and shows his work there. His email is marianogugliotta@gmail.com
His father was a great influence in Argentina's custom knife scene, most modern makers were his pupils. Mariano's knives are made to work hard, they have a marvelous frontier feel. http://mgblades.com/
Diego Attwell is another EXCELLENT bladesmith. I love his work, his attention to detail is amazing. http://www.dattwell.com.ar/
There's an Argentine forum (www.armasblancas.com.ar) where you can see knives made by many different bladesmiths and knife makers. The forum is in Spanish, but most blokes there speak at least a little English.
What sort of "gaucho" knife are you looking for? The pattern made by Arbolito (Böker) is known as "puñal criollo" and is probably one of the more practical "criollo" knife designs. However, I wouldn't recommend Böker knives since you can get a custom for almost the same price.
There are lots of talented makers here, my personal favourite is Mariano Gugliotta, he was featured in a recent Tactical Knives magazine (the one with the weird looking Sabretooth survival knife on the cover). He hangs around KF quite a bit and shows his work there. His email is marianogugliotta@gmail.com
His father was a great influence in Argentina's custom knife scene, most modern makers were his pupils. Mariano's knives are made to work hard, they have a marvelous frontier feel. http://mgblades.com/
Diego Attwell is another EXCELLENT bladesmith. I love his work, his attention to detail is amazing. http://www.dattwell.com.ar/
There's an Argentine forum (www.armasblancas.com.ar) where you can see knives made by many different bladesmiths and knife makers. The forum is in Spanish, but most blokes there speak at least a little English.