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9th January 2021, 08:25 PM | #1 | |
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I agree, while the information I just posted (#6) is terribly inadequate, I'm not sure how much else there is. I'm glad you noticed the Spanish influence. How did the knives develop ? Maybe from a tool like a grape knife? How do we tell the old ones? good question as I dont think they are usually dated. |
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9th January 2021, 11:27 PM | #2 |
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Thanks to all for the interest. All that I personally know about the history of corvos Jim has summarized already.
I have attached a picture of some old/antique so called "Hippen", German pruning knives. Vintner knives from Germany and France have a very similar style. So the development is better visible. Why do I think that my new one is an old/early one? First, look to the used handle material by this one and the ones posted in #4, it's always brass and/or copper between horn and/or bone, in one case it's leather (the one with black handle and ruler), by the ones I've posted in #5 you see by the stacked handles always stained disks. Second, look at the bolster area, by the ones posted in #4 they nearly always worked very rusticly, they developed to the typical fat point seen by nearly all examples in #5. This is what I have noticed and let me think that the ones with tang in up could be earlier, like said, a theory. |
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What you can read about Chilean corvos ...
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10th January 2021, 01:20 PM | #4 | |
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Well noted on the raven term also, I had not realized corvo meant curved but was thinking of the corvus term, which apparently refers to the Raven's hooked beak. This is the kind of information I had been looking for to add to and correct my notes . |
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10th January 2021, 01:47 PM | #5 |
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The notes on the Corvo courtesy:
https://www.guioteca.com/mitos-y-eni...cito-de-chile/ And by the way, raven in Portuguese translates to "Corvo" ... but that is a different deal . |
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Regards, Detlef |
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10th January 2021, 04:04 PM | #7 |
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You're welcome Detlef .
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10th January 2021, 04:08 PM | #8 | |
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I like this picture more. Quotation from the above given link: "...not to mention, in rural areas, it's one of the most popular weapons of bandits, rustlers, and broken ones in general." They speak from the early 1800s. |
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