Gaucho´s knifes

The knife used by the Gauchos is commonly referred to as Faca or Facón. It is Portuguese name derived from “faca”, and so the “facón” will be a major faca. The blade of a facon is about 30 to 40 cm long and 20 to 30 mm thick. It ends in a point with a […]...
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jobs of the gaucho

The different jobs of the gaucho

The Argentine gaucho knew how to have various jobs that made him recognized in history as an irreplaceable support for the development of Argentine agricultural activity. In today’s post we tell you some of those jobs that marked his past. The tamer is a character that through a series of acti...
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gaucho's house

The gaucho’s house

The gaucho’s house was known throughout the Argentine Republic as “el rancho”. The idiosyncrasy of the gaucho, a man who lived most of the time on the back of his horse, his preference for living his life in a nomadic way, in freedom and without clinging too much to a place, did not allow ...
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