hey guys,
this is probley a silly question.
at the rear of the blade some guys put a little notch in the blade close to the handle. whats the notch for? some knives have the notch and some dont.
It's a very impractical addiution if you are making a hunting knife. A user will often slide his knife up to the guard edge facing out, under the skin of an animal to be dressed out and a notch will cause the blade to hang up. Frank
there is another version of this notch called a "choil." Small notch, very small, to keep the ricasso from hitting the sharpening stone or whatever when sharpening the entire length of the blade. I just like to have blades with no ricasso when I can, and not have that part nearly as sharp as the tip. x