Why have a RICASSO?

You really want a fairly wide ricasso to allow plenty of room to even up the plunge lines - just keep moving plunge back until they do line up {g}
 
Maybe it is a design feature intended to strenghten the sword/dagger area where the majority of blows get "guided" to a stop by the guard branches+blade.
A blow stopped by the mid blade can rely on a dampening effect, but a blow very close to the guard needs more strenght.
 
mete said:
With swords and daggers the fingers were often wrapped around the guard .The ricasso permitted this [ where the fingers gripped the blade] without danger of cutting the fingers .
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I miss Mete.
 
On Finish puukko's ricasso's appeared when they started being made by factories and they needed a place to stamp a logo.
It may have an old historic reason that got a different use over time
 
Maybe the ricasso exists because it is impractical to run the sharpened edge all the way up to the handle or guard on every kind of knife.
 
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