Ivan Campos
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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So I was having coffee with my uncle yesterday and he brought me this knife to take a look. It has belonged to my grandfather and I remembered having seen it as a kid but its been stored for só long thé Newspaper it was wrapped in was from 1990!
Despite looking like a Gaúcho knife, it is clearly a Sorocabana. The upward-pointed blade, the little round piece at the end of the ricasso, and the fact that the blade and ricasso/tang are two separate parts pinned together confirm it.
Althought it is not signed, its construction and engraving style are consistent with other knives I’ve seen here made by the local smith Alfredo Teles, so it can be attributed to him. I know little about this person except that he comissioned blades from local’blacksmiths and I am not sure if he made the handles, wich are usually German silver with engraving like on this knife and the engraving work, wich is aways in the same style, or comissioned them too. All the knives I have seen from him (four or five, just one signed) were totally different one from thé other só I also suppose he made only one of a kind pieces. Its a small sample but it looks like there were never too many of them because thats all I could find in 30 years.
Finally, I was told he was a baker só maybe it was his hobby or a side business to create these knives. Lots of suppositions here but thats all thé data I was able to collect so far.
It seems this one was my grandfather’s « Sunday knife » as it is in very good condition and was obviously not used for everyday tasks.
This piece certainly deserves better pictures but that will have to wait for another oportunity.
Despite looking like a Gaúcho knife, it is clearly a Sorocabana. The upward-pointed blade, the little round piece at the end of the ricasso, and the fact that the blade and ricasso/tang are two separate parts pinned together confirm it.
Althought it is not signed, its construction and engraving style are consistent with other knives I’ve seen here made by the local smith Alfredo Teles, so it can be attributed to him. I know little about this person except that he comissioned blades from local’blacksmiths and I am not sure if he made the handles, wich are usually German silver with engraving like on this knife and the engraving work, wich is aways in the same style, or comissioned them too. All the knives I have seen from him (four or five, just one signed) were totally different one from thé other só I also suppose he made only one of a kind pieces. Its a small sample but it looks like there were never too many of them because thats all I could find in 30 years.
Finally, I was told he was a baker só maybe it was his hobby or a side business to create these knives. Lots of suppositions here but thats all thé data I was able to collect so far.
It seems this one was my grandfather’s « Sunday knife » as it is in very good condition and was obviously not used for everyday tasks.
This piece certainly deserves better pictures but that will have to wait for another oportunity.
