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Old 25th June 2010, 12:29 PM   #9
tom hyle
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Let me make predictions/questions
The bolster is either two plates or a single block with a slot. It is soldered to the blade (possibly with brass=brazed), though maybe pinned as well. Any pins are flush-finished so as to be hard to see (in the bolster)
The handle is scales (two plates on a flat tang)
The tang may taper in thickness, but probably not
The tang is flat in cross-section (not diagnostic of region, but I do suspect this)
The handle is on with two rivets, possibly nails.
Three would be more over-culture. Two is more folk-culture.
The leather is oak-tanned
The wood is juniper or otherwise related (least sure of this one; but definitely Mexican/ethnically Mexican if so)
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