ARGENTINA: Silver Nickel GAUCHO KNIFE / FACON 10 Inches Carbon Steel - (N.O.S.)

Description

R
eal
N. O. S.
(New Old Stock)
Silver
Nickel
Bathed in bright Silver
- Gaucho
side
knif
e
-
This is a
G
enuine
H
andmade
Gaucho knife called
"facón"
in silver
nickel, b
ath plated, with matching sheath.
History:
The facón is a derivation of the Portuguese
"
faca
".
A facón is a fighting and utility knife widely used in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay as the principal tool and weapon of the gaucho of the South American pampas. Often fitted with an elaborately decorated metal hilt and sheath. Among the gauchos, till today, many continued to wear the knife, though mostly for use as a meat carving or utility knife.
Handle Material:
Silver
nickel
, bath plated
fittings finely embossed
with
Flowers  designs
.
Blade description:
Carbon steel blade
, d
ouble-etched
,
marked
"JU-CA"
Scabbard Materials:
Silver Nickel, bath plated.
Made in:
Tandil
- Provincia de Buenos Aires - Argentina. (1970's)
Facon Size
:
Blade Size:
Knife in Sheath: 25.00cms = 9.85 inches (approx.)
Knife: 12.50cms = 4.90 inches long (approx.) blade.
Condition
:
T
his knife is new - unused, in perfect
conditions
, with some minor marks according with its age
.
T
he blade
is
covered with Vaseline to prevent oxidation
.
Sobre T494
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04
-2020