mexican type blades

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ok guy i posted somthing like this over in community but i thought you all would have some input as well. my old seargent in the army is throwing his step daughter somthing called a ca sen yetta or somthing like that some sort of welcome to women hood type thing. its supposed to be realy fancy with old school costumes and the like. well his family was like my adoptive family while i was in texas and ide like to do them a good turn. ide like to make two dress knives of spanish or mexican desighn one for her and one for the young man that is accoumpaning her. so the question is does any body have any pics of these type blades that i could go off of?
thanks alot
doc silas
 
The only thing I can think of that I know for sure is of spanish descent is the Navaja folding knives. These were generally very large folding knives. Blades seemed to mostly be upswept trailing or clip points but there is a good bit of variation. The handles all follow a pretty similar pattern though.

If you the forums for "navaja" you will get lots of hits. There are some decent pics in the gallery section, and also some in the traditional folders and fixed blades section.

I don't know if you make folders or not, but navaja's look like a good challenge. I don't know how well they fit the tradition of what your friends are doing either. I don't know the customs well enough to give advice either way, but my guess is that something a lot smaller might be more appreciated.
 
Another traditional form of knife descended from Spain is that known as the "gaucho knife". It is sometimes called a facon, a cuchillo, or criolla. The last two words simply mean "knife", I believe.

I don't know how pertinent it is to Mexico.

The one theme you commonly find on their turista pieces is the eagle head handle.
 
That's a Quinceanera, a party for a fifteen year old girl coming into womanhood. The most important thing to a teenage girl and her family. They will go all out for the party.

I can't help with a Mexican type knife, but they all like machetes. A high speed steel commercial hack saw blade makes one that lasts forever.
 
For info on Mexican styles knives check out the Fur Trade Cutlery Sketchbook, by J Hanson. You can get it from Track of the Wolf.
It has to scale, line drawings of the Belduque, one do the most popular styles akin to the gaucho knives fitz mentioned, as well as a couple of other styles.......
An original
sw-colonial-belduque.jpg


Three made by Joe DelaRonde
delarondebelduque.jpg
 
thank you all very much the search has come to a screaching halt. Wild rose thats exactly what i was looking for you guys absolutly rock. i had somthing like this pictured in my head and you made it appear in real life .
peace
doc silas

Wild Rose said:
For info on Mexican styles knives check out the Fur Trade Cutlery Sketchbook, by J Hanson. You can get it from Track of the Wolf.
It has to scale, line drawings of the Belduque, one do the most popular styles akin to the gaucho knives fitz mentioned, as well as a couple of other styles.......
An original
sw-colonial-belduque.jpg


Three made by Joe DelaRonde
delarondebelduque.jpg
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A cinquedea is the ultimate dress knife of Spanish origin. Bill Moran thought it was the finest knife style ever made.It would be the perfect knife for this event.Buena Suerte!
Stacy
 
A cinquedea is the ultimate dress knife of Spanish origin
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with respect - the cinquedea's (the name alludes to the width of the doubled edged blade at the hilt supposedly being five fingers wide) origin is Italian of the Renaissance period.......
 
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