I like big butts?

[DrHarmony]

I really enjoy the look of the end of my chef knife handle but I am finding conflicting info with my searches on the name of what it is called...
Is the metal part of the back of the knife called the rear bolster or still just the butt?

 

[3fifty7]

Pommel or butt cap.

 

[1911bphil]

My bad. I thought you were talking about Boston Butts and making BBQ.

 

[DocJD]

I love nice firm shapely ...uh ...never mind !

 

[Guy McVer]

I like butt caps and I cannot lie
Cutlery lovers can't deny
that when you see a knife with a big fat base
and a pommel in your face, it gets hung
on a magnet strip 'cause that metal butt cap is legit
The kitchen lights are glarin'
I'm hooked and I can't stop starin'

 

[Angry Waiter]

Everyman should love a good pommel!?!

 

[S/Reinz]

I like people that like big butts…for they can not lie

 

[carnifex knifeworks]

Too late. G Guy McVer owned doing any pun or parody of that song so thoroughly that anyone else doing it....just.....fails.

 

[S/Reinz]

Too late. G Guy McVer owned doing any pun or parody of that song so thoroughly that anyone else doing it....just.....fails.

I have no idea who Guy Mcver is, nor do I care. However, I do admit to stealing the line; from whom, what, or where I don’t know since that song is 30 years old.

 

[carnifex knifeworks]

I have no idea who Guy Mcver is, nor do I care. However, I do admit to stealing the line; from whom, what, or where I don’t know since that song is 30 years old.

Read comment #5 in this thread

 

[S/Reinz]

Ha ha, I knew I should have gone back and retaken reading 101.

Sorry Guy!

 

[vltor17]

Whole damn thread is full of win.

 

[Dr. Rayeye]

Mostly a sign of concealed full tang--and a victory for aesthetics.

 

[KenHash]

The vast majority of Cooking knives around the world don't have pommels. Probably because there isn't much need for it in the kitchen.
The few that you do see are decorative/aesthetic rather than functional.
However, there are some knives with pommels in South Korea for the express purpose of crushing garlic, which is very often used in
Korean cuisine.