Boker "Hunters" stockman with finger grooves

[longbeachguy]

This is to the moderator, or anyone else who might have insight.

What is the idea behind the finger grooves on the "Hunters" stockman? I ordered one, nice knife, no complaints, but when I got it I realized that the finger grooves only come into play if you have all three blades open at once. Since you generally only have one blade open at a time, your fingers rest on the blade spines, not the handle with the finger grooves.

Granted, when you have all three blades open at once, it has a very nice ergonomic feel. I just can't imagine when I would do this or for what purpose.

So is this purely an aesthetic contrivance? I'm sincerely interested to know the thought process behind this. It seems very curious unless I'm missing something.

Thanks,

Jim

 

[TJT]

We really don't know here at Boker USA.
That series of knives was done between the German HQ, and SMKW
exclusively. All we did was act as the shipper to SMKW. None of us
were involved in any kind of design process.
I will try to ask Germany, but a response may take a bit.
Thanks, Terry

 

[longbeachguy]

Oh, don't worry about it. I was just curious. It's a nice knife. I've got several Boker bone handled stockmen, (as well as whittlers, copperheads, etc.) and dozens from other makers. A moments reflection would have made me realize that the finger grooves would be made moot by the closed blades, but I bought it kind of on an impulse.

Thanks for the response, Terry!

Jim