Who makes knives with large/hooked rear quillons?

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YuriM

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I'm looking for a new knife, and I consider a large rear quillon / hooked pommel to be an essential element on a fighting knife. It aids with retention if the blade becomes lodged in something and you have to pull it out, especially if your hand is sweaty or wet. Yet it seems very few knife manufacturers share my view on this! So can anyone recommend some good quality knives with this feature?

The knife that I consider nearly ideal is the Boker Swiss Dagger (which is a copy of the SS dagger of Nazi Germany, which in turn is based on the historical Baselard dagger). Unfortunately, I already own one :D

I also like the Ontario knives Spec Plus line, which features hooked pommels, and I own a few of them, though I consider the size of that to be barely minimal.

So, recommendations? I'll also consider custom knife makers who have this feature on their knives...
 
YuriM said:
. . . to be an essential element on a fighting knife. It aids with retention if the blade becomes lodged in something and you have to pull it out, especially if your hand is sweaty or wet.
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I have to ask, out of curiosity, how often do you engage in knife fights in which your blade becomes lodged in something and you find it would be handy to have a hooked pommel that helped keep your sweaty/wet hand from slipping?

Personally I haven't found this to be a pressing day to day issue here in the Chicago area--has upstate New York gotten a lot rougher than when I visited it last or what? ;)
 
evilgreg said:
I have to ask, out of curiosity, how often do you engage in knife fights in which your blade becomes lodged in something and you find it would be handy to have a hooked pommel that helped keep your sweaty/wet hand from slipping?

Personally I haven't found this to be a pressing day to day issue here in the Chicago area--has upstate New York gotten a lot rougher than when I visited it last or what? ;)
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Rivers of blood, man. Rivers!

And hey, if I only bought knives that had a practical purpose... I would have a collection of Opinels ;)
Actually, just one Opinel.
 
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