I say "unusual", but for all I know these are utterly typical Brazilian knives. What I should say is that I know next to nothing about these.
Onca is the Portuguese word for jaguar, I believe. The profile is very similar to a Mercator, but this is a slipjoint instead of a lockback. I have know idea what company made this, or when it was produced. I'm pretty sure the blade is carbon steel; I was cleaning a little rust off of it earlier today. If any of you know, please chime in.
Unusual Brazilian Slipjoint
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Re: Unusual Brazilian Slipjoint
Here's one on eBay. The seller says he has 10 of them and that they are from the 1960's.Nephilim wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:05 am I say "unusual", but for all I know these are utterly typical Brazilian knives. What I should say is that I know next to nothing about these.
Onca is the Portuguese word for jaguar, I believe. The profile is very similar to a Mercator, but this is a slipjoint instead of a lockback. I have know idea what company made this, or when it was produced. I'm pretty sure the blade is carbon steel; I was cleaning a little rust off of it earlier today. If any of you know, please chime in.
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Interesting! Likely a copy of the Mercator made in Brazil.A lot of companies made knock offs of popular knives.I have a Japanese made copy of a Schrade knife that is near identical except for the copy printed on it.Here is a pic of the Schrade and the Valor side by side.The lock on the Valor actually works better than the Schrade!
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The Valor knockoffs are pretty cool, I've seen an example of their version of a Mercator before. Just be because its unoriginal doesn't mean it can't have quality.