How useful is this pommel style?

ejes

ejes

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In a bush/woods knife I mean.?.? It is more of a tactical use design, but I like the looks of this knife otherwise. I was thinking of getting it, but the pommel bothers me. Looks like it could be, at the very least, uncomfortable if leaned on while in the sheath, and possibly injurious (which is it's point; pun intended :) ). I suppose I could grind it down.

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The only reason I would want anything like that on an outdoors knife would be to work as a small pick. Where I hike there are a lot of fossils, and I could see something like that being useful for collecting smaller items as opposed to carrying a rock hammer. It's not something I would normally carry, however, as I prefer a rounded area at the end of my knives.
 
+1 for get the knife if you like it. That spike pommel can easily be removed with minimal tools. Never be afraid to modify a knife, or any other tool, to better suit your needs. Other than the spike, that's a great looking woods knife.

Charlie
 
I have a knife with a pointed pommel (not quite to the degree of the one shown) that I carry quite often. I find it handy for chipping ice and things like that. Doesn't bother me when it's in the sheath. Try it, if you don't like it, as previously suggested, grind it off.
 
That looks like one of the Boddingtons taken to an extreme. It would be trivial to grind that pommel off. Use a belt sander.

Charlie makes nice knives. My first pseudo-custom knife was an Anza.

Rick
 
IT would be prety easy to stick yourself on that IMO, if you trip or reach wrong...I would get the knife but get rid of the pommel. Just my .02 cents worth.
 
Same as the others, or you could grind it into a rounded tab that isn't quite so...stabby. Then drill a hole through it and call it a lanyard hole.
Nice looking knife BTW
 
If you are concerned about the extra weight or if you feel it is dangerous, get rid of it. Otherwise, it looks like it could be used to crack something open, like the top of an ostrich egg, a window in a submerged car; or even to mark waypoints on trees. It doesn't look sharp enough to be dangerous to self, it can't possibly be a weight issue. I say leave it and let circumstance reveal its potential uses.
 
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