Harpoon blade knife question

[Crag the Brewer]

If I understand right, Keating puts the spine of the knife against his forearm. Szabo, uses the "hollow"/gap between harpoon and grip to push away attacker arms, among others.

Again, not applicable to my knife use at all, just what I remember reading.

Roland.

Thank You, I'll have to read more about that to understand better....

 

[Boombats]

I too agree it is mainly there for aesthetics. Never has the need to harpoon anyone and anything, and judging from the shape of the harpoon, I kinda doubt most EDC knives with the pattern is really intended to used as a real harpoon.

I wonder how many people have poorly lashed their knife to a stick to use as a spear, and then lost their knife in the water (or in the side of an angry boar) only to be left with a stick and a sense of instant regret.