Help with identifying this knife and age

[shayde78]

Originally Posted by MacCathain

Yes, it's a sacatripas. Check out this old thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=tripas

I note, however, that your example is considerably larger than most I've seen . . . or maybe you just have very small hands ;^) . It may be that yours hails from the agricultural tool end of the spectrum, rather than the bandido knife that they evolved into.

Mac! Once again, you're spot-on. I was scrolling through the images and was thinking, this looks like that curious little knife I rescued. You saved me the trouble of digging up my old thread