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And a couple of more gauchoan Eberles:

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Interesting knife, I don't think I've seen one like it before. Thanks for sharing!And now to Brazil, if CelloDan permits. It's an Eberle, with a 1946 coin worked into the handle. 1946 was the year of their new constitution.
It looks like fancy leather work, but I suspect the handle was cast or pressed, and maybe that isn't a real coin, either.
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Shipping label created yesterday in Tonawanda NY! Not far from Niagara Falls. [They have a winter weather advisory starting this afternoon, too.]Interesting knife, I don't think I've seen one like it before. Thanks for sharing!
Speaking of coins, I still have yours,CelloDan . So sorry for the delay, 2025 has just been nuts!
Nice! Now that you have it, what would you say the handle and sheath are made of?Here it is:
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1946 is the year of the new democratic constitution. 1949 is the year they beat Paraguay to win the South American soccer championship.
If the eight dots mean anything, I don't know what.
Maybe armadillo and fer de lance (bothrops asper)? There's a hard liner in the sheath. It looks like the section of handle with the coins was assembled and slipped over the tang. The rest looks to me like it was applied in halves.Nice! Now that you have it, what would you say the handle and sheath are made of?
Here it is:
I'm impressed by your white stuff (and your Martin Fierro).Very unique piece Jer !
I would have never guessed along the lines of armadillo and/or bothrops asper ( which I had to google to find out what it is )
Very cool
The coins appear authentic from a rather quick observation of images on the web.
I wonder what the "copper?" "plate" is for .
My Martin Fierro criollo was not at all impressed today when introduced to the "white stuff" lol
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Gorgeous!Haven't shared anything in a while, so here's a puñal I procured recently:
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Made by Movediza (Tandil, Argentina), second stamp (1944-1948). Differentially polished blade just shy of 9", with a faceted bolster. As usual, the knife was super dirty (clearly it was someone's go-to-knife for asados), but it cleaned up nicely. The nickel silver chape is missing, unfortunately.
Hahaha we enjoy those too!Gorgeous!
And you saved us from me posting another quasi criollo de campo.
The big ricasso reminds me of a Mexican belduque, too, which is north of Brazil.Another recent acquisition, and something quite different from most of the knives shown so far in this thread:
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It was advertised as an African knife, but I'm positive it's from northern Brazil — a so-called faca nordestina. The knife itself gives me the impression of a very early object, but the sheath not so much. The knife has two not-so-common features for its type — namely, a spherical ("oriental") bolster and a metal handle (made of nickel silver, I believe). Additionally, the blade has no edge whatsoever, and it looks like it never did. I tried to capture this in the second picture. This, combined with the overall shape of the blade, would make it a faca de ponta.
Very cool.Do Chilean corvos count as cuchillos criollos? I'll go ahead and say: "Hell yeah."
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This one I acquired recently. It was described as being of unknown origin, but due to its style and construction it's a corvo atacameño (atacameño < Atacama, the name of what is currently a region of Chile), probably from the time of the War of the Pacific (between Chile, Bolivia, and Perú, 1879-1884).
Not only are corvos creole objects by definition (pertaining to "a person of European descent born especially in the West Indies or Spanish America" [Merriam-Webster]), having evolved and become popular during colonial times, but they often share a number of features typical of other types of South American knives (including gaucho knives), such as the integral (often decoratively shaped) bolster, the "Spanish notch," and spine file work. This type of handle, made of horn with brass spacers, is also often seen in rural gaucho knives. An interesting aspect of this example, which sets it apart from most corvos and other South American knives of its size, is its highly stylized iron guard.
I think we'll never know, but based on the style and the guard I'd say it's very likely it was carried during the War of the Pacific.That is very cool. Rustic, but also very well made. I wonder who was the original owner of that knife. He was obviously one of us and had the love of knives gene.
It would appear that they go all the way through.Very cool.
Do those brass and copper dots go all the way through, or are they inlaid on one or both sides?
I can never remember where it is that they inlay brass dots in blades so they can kill those who have a charm against iron or steel.