The Guard on a knife is located between the handle and the blade, sandwiched between the ricasso and the handle. The guard’s purpose is to literally guard your hand from slipping up the handle and onto the blade. Just like anything else knife related, guards come in different shapes and styles. Some are purely decorative, they line up perfectly with the handle and offering no protection and some guards are meant purely for balance. Guards that are intended to protect your hand will often have Quillions; a section of the guard that extends past the handle to protect the knife users hand from slipping onto the blade. Commonly, quillions found on outdoor style knives will extend out to the front of the knife but quillions found on more aggressive fighting or multipurpose blade will extend out from both the front and back of the blade.
If a knife lacks a guard it may have a Bolster (not shown a bolster is usually found between the blade and the handle (although bolsters can be found on different sections of the handle) and is often sandwiching the blade’s tang. The Bolster can provide balance to a blade and is more commonly found on full tang knives. Bolsters can also be used to “bolster” or strengthen the weak points on a knife, such as where the blade ends and the tang and handle begins. Bolster may also be shaped like a guard (with quillions) to offer protection.
Cuando la virola o bolster tiene "quillions"ya pasa a ser Guarda.
Bolster de Bagwell
Bolster del New York
Bolster
Bolsters
Ésto ya és guarda,simple,pero guarda.
Pequeña y simple,pero guarda.
Pequeña y simple,pero guarda.
los cuchillos de Keeslar y de Guillermo pueden ser con o sin bolsters grabados....
La guarda está debajo.