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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 299669, member: 55"]To a knifemaker or user, the offset blade versus the centered blade is a major distinguishing detail, regardless of similarities in handle appearance.</p><p>Ethnicities who usually use one design in this respect would never switch to the other.</p><p>This looks like a number of South American styles I've seen, all having offset blades; the gaucho knife of Argentina uses that design also, though dissimilar in some other respects.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 299669, member: 55"]To a knifemaker or user, the offset blade versus the centered blade is a major distinguishing detail, regardless of similarities in handle appearance. Ethnicities who usually use one design in this respect would never switch to the other. This looks like a number of South American styles I've seen, all having offset blades; the gaucho knife of Argentina uses that design also, though dissimilar in some other respects.[/QUOTE]
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