Gaucho knives and cuchillos criollos of South America

[Arathol]

kamagong to be frank, I think the mushrooming of my Scholberg's tang was a tad excessive. I wonder how the cutler was able to deform it so much without denting the handle (which, by the way, has no resin or wax whatsoever inside).

I've been wondering the same thing.....
In order to get a tang to that state it must have been way too long and white hot. That might be a bit tough to do and you'd almost certainly see some evidence on the endcap.
Another possibility is that blob is something applied as a fix at a later date, maybe an attempt to use some sort of solder to secure it? It almost looks like a bad weld rather than a peened tang end...

 

[CelloDan]

If you'd like I can post a picture of it next to a puñal for comparison

Sure , love to see them side by side

 

[screened porch]

The "Martin Fierro" one looks rather crude as in no one bothered to give it even one tap with a ball peen hammer.

Not peened at all! That's a modern one, right? I wonder if it's the same cutlery cement as of old.

check this one out -- it looks like it was peened with Thor's hammer:

[Wow] (Icon is buried somewhere non-obvious.)

If you'd like I can post a picture of it next to a puñal for comparison.

Yeah!

(which, by the way, has no resin or wax whatsoever inside).

Another [wow]. is the handle extra thick-walled?

 

[Trubetzkoy]

Another possibility is that blob is something applied as a fix at a later date, maybe an attempt to use some sort of solder to secure it? It almost looks like a bad weld rather than a peened tang end...

Could be... I always assumed it had to be the end of the tang because it looks the same color as the blade, but perhaps it's led solder.

Another [wow]. is the handle extra thick-walled?

If it's the same nickel silver sheet used for the scabbard, it's indeed thicker than some of the other knives I own. I've never taken it apart though, and it does have a small ding.

 

[kamagong]

As requested, here is my Scottish dirk next to a couple of my puñales. The dirk has a 15" blade, on the lower end of the facón size range.

 

[BluegrassBrian]

Gorgeous work throughout this thread..
There are several wonderful up and coming knife makers in the traditional "Gaucho region"- Argentina/south Brazil/Uruguay. I've worked with Rafael Trentin, hailing from the Rio Grande do Sul area of Brazil on three knives so far.
Number three is en route and will hopefully arrive this week. It'll be my first facón-type fixed blade.

 

[kamagong]

There are several wonderful up and coming knife makers in the traditional "Gaucho region"- Argentina/south Brazil/Uruguay.

Do you have any recommendations for Uruguayan knife makers? I am only familiar with Argentinians and Brazilians.

 

[BluegrassBrian]

Do you have any recommendations for Uruguayan knife makers? I am only familiar with Argentinians and Brazilians.

I could ask..

 

[Trubetzkoy]

Gorgeous work throughout this thread..
There are several wonderful up and coming knife makers in the traditional "Gaucho region"- Argentina/south Brazil/Uruguay. I've worked with Rafael Trentin, hailing from the Rio Grande do Sul area of Brazil on three knives so far.
Number three is en route and will hopefully arrive this week. It'll be my first facón-type fixed blade.

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Very handsome. What wood species is that?

 

[BluegrassBrian]

Very handsome. What wood species is that?

A Brazilian hard wood called Guajuvira.

 

[BluegrassBrian]

Do you have any recommendations for Uruguayan knife makers? I am only familiar with Argentinians and Brazilians.

I got some names of knife makers from Uruguay-
Italo Sosa, Fernando Nunes, Manuel Cariboni and Luis Gil.

 

[kamagong]

Thanks. I'll look them up when I have a moment.

 

[CelloDan]

Gorgeous work throughout this thread..
There are several wonderful up and coming knife makers in the traditional "Gaucho region"- Argentina/south Brazil/Uruguay. I've worked with Rafael Trentin, hailing from the Rio Grande do Sul area of Brazil on three knives so far.
Number three is en route and will hopefully arrive this week. It'll be my first facón-type fixed blade.

Gorgeous wood ! Beautiful knife !
Please show your incoming knife when it arrives and knife number one too since we are at it

 

[andrewchristian]

Beautiful!

Smaller one there is almost exact what I have

 

[andrewchristian]

Smaller one there is almost exact what I have

But I also have the matey' cup and gold mixing spoon with the strainer screw on end for the cup. Match's the knife

 

[cbach8tw]

Ow it would be cool to have a Yerba mate gourd and a matching knife in the same wood. If anyone has any please show them. Also, I always wondered, does the bombilla have some kind of filter or screen to prevent the mate leaves from going up the straw?

 

[screened porch]

Ow it would be cool to have a Yerba mate gourd and a matching knife in the same wood. If anyone has any please show them. Also, I always wondered, does the bombilla have some kind of filter or screen to prevent the mate leaves from going up the straw?

The straw has a screen.

 

[BluegrassBrian]

Gorgeous wood ! Beautiful knife !
Please show your incoming knife when it arrives and knife number one too since we are at it

Numbers one and two are very similar "mini-puukkos". He had a normal sized puukko up for sale here and I liked the design so much I asked if he could do a smaller one.
So I've got one in stainless (14c28n) and non (52100).

 

[CelloDan]

Smaller one there is almost exact what I have

Would love to see a picture of it
Verijeros are

Ow it would be cool to have a Yerba mate gourd and a matching knife in the same wood. If anyone has any please show them. Also, I always wondered, does the bombilla have some kind of filter or screen to prevent the mate leaves from going up the straw?

It really would be cool to have a matching knife and mate set
I have seen some very expensive sets online.

Yes, the bombillas have filters installed. There are variations of them.

My bombilla collection

 

[kamagong]

Do you have a favorite bombilla CelloDan ?

Also, have you received your bare blade from Maxi yet? I'm excited to see the Maxi/CelloDan collaboration.