Thanks guys...

One thing I was thinking, or wondering, was if the tang design was a precurser to the middle pin/tang rest? The tang on this blade is cut out so that the fatter area (toward the spine) sits on the scales, preventing the blade from sticking through the bottom. While the heel area still fits nicely between the scales.

I wonder if someone was trying to solve an 'issue' with this design and it eventually turned into that middle pin the tang sits on. A quick easy, cheap solution to grinding out tand width....

OR, maybe I'm over analyzing this....



C utz