Whats The Hole For

[Blood_Grooves]

Well i Just ordered a GW and was woundering what the hole is where the handle starts. Is it just a guard???

 

[lunde]

Talon hole.

 

[eastr77]

a lanyard no no it's to open it with

 

[Blood_Grooves]

whats a talon hole?

Edit: of sorry didnt wait for the pic to upload sorry...

 

[BlazenGem]

i think the talon hole is for tying it to a spear? and maybe as a guard

 

[Blood_Grooves]

a lanyred would get in the way. and it would need a hole on both sides for a spear.

 

[ItchyTasty]

There's a whole thread on the talon hole somewhere. One of the uses you'll see is creating a kind of "D-gurad" by tying a lanyayd from the guard to the rear talon

 

[Guyon]

If you look through it at just the right angle, you can translate HOG snorts into English.

 

[rbmcmjr]

Guys,

It started on the big blades. The early Steel Hearts has a sharpened d-guard (called the "Holy Tearer") option that attached there. The hole became a way to identify a Busse blade, regardless of the size.

Rick

 

[Dennis in MA]

Blood groove to keep your prey from bleeding all over the nice micarta handles.

 

[Blood_Grooves]

Blood groove to keep your prey from bleeding all over the nice micarta handles.

Thats hella funny

 

[lunde]

 

[mhawg]

The Talon hole on the GW ends up as just a Trademark but as you can see from lunde's pic it is a great place to keep Moose fat for later!!! Or was it Caribou?

 

[lunde]

Antelope, harvested in Wyoming in October.

 

[Grimspoon]

How well does the blood wash out?

 

[lunde]

Here is the same knife after being washed using hot water and a stiff nylon brush, followed by WD40 and a stiff nylon brush:

 

[lunde]

Here's the studio shot of the same knife:

 

[mhawg]

Antelope chili has been a winner in the past at the Group Therapy Chili Cook-off.

 

[mikeymoto]

Doesn't everyone put D Guards on their GWs?

 

[mhawg]

Cool! That's almost more 'guard' than 'knife.' Looks good though. Wish I had the patience.