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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 299978, member: 55"]To be more precise what I meant in the centered vs offset discussion is that a particular style of knife will never vary, not that one ethnic group might not use both designs for various purposes. And perhaps never is indeed an overstatement.</p><p>But the facon is a style of knife with the blade centered; as is the kindjal; one would not generally (I'll say generally rather than never) see a facon or kindjal with an offset blade; that is part of the definition of the item; if the blade were offset, it would have a different name.</p><p>But certainly a particular ethnicity might well use both types for various uses, and might likely have different names depending on the style and use.</p><p>I find the study of knives of the world to be endlessly fascinating....like baskets, because the end use is very similar world-wide, one finds designs from various places may end up being quite similar, and that doesn't take into account normal transmission of styles; Middle Eastern Moorish to Spain and thence to South America, for example.</p><p>But I would agree with AJ and Komo that this is likely "South American. Either gaucho or gaúcho (Argentina/Uruguay or Brazil)"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 299978, member: 55"]To be more precise what I meant in the centered vs offset discussion is that a particular style of knife will never vary, not that one ethnic group might not use both designs for various purposes. And perhaps never is indeed an overstatement. But the facon is a style of knife with the blade centered; as is the kindjal; one would not generally (I'll say generally rather than never) see a facon or kindjal with an offset blade; that is part of the definition of the item; if the blade were offset, it would have a different name. But certainly a particular ethnicity might well use both types for various uses, and might likely have different names depending on the style and use. I find the study of knives of the world to be endlessly fascinating....like baskets, because the end use is very similar world-wide, one finds designs from various places may end up being quite similar, and that doesn't take into account normal transmission of styles; Middle Eastern Moorish to Spain and thence to South America, for example. But I would agree with AJ and Komo that this is likely "South American. Either gaucho or gaúcho (Argentina/Uruguay or Brazil)"[/QUOTE]
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