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Permalink Reply by allanm on March 30, 2016 at 15:43

A pommel could be used to pummel an opponent but it should never be used as a hammer!

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Permalink Reply by lg&m on March 30, 2016 at 16:18

Pink & purple pommels are perfectly fine on a pretty knife.
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Permalink Reply by Jim Kitchens on March 30, 2016 at 16:19

I prefer a rounded pommel on my daggers, it looks good and provides a comfortable position to apply pressure, when needed. BTW is everybody fed up with the auto correction changing your entries? Mine just tried to change pommel into kimmel.

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Permalink Reply by Ellis H. Roberson on March 30, 2016 at 16:50

A drop of super glue will tighten many pommels that otherwise couldn't be tightened and is very un noticeable.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Hall on March 30, 2016 at 16:50

The pommel on my old but recently acquired Western is a little loose.  

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by dead_left_knife_guy on March 30, 2016 at 17:13

As an amateur linguist & semi-professional knife geek, I was intrigued to learn that the term "pommel" can be used both as a noun and a verb.  Since the term "pummel" is defined as striking repeatedly, usually with a fist, & the "pommel" is just below the fist at the end of a sword, & can be used to strike blows, perhaps repeatedly, at close range, it's a safe bet that the terms share a common etymology.

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Permalink Reply by Tracy Greentree on March 30, 2016 at 17:40

I have a Camillus military knife that has the year it was made stamped on the pommel.

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Permalink Reply by allanm on March 30, 2016 at 17:42

That connection is exactly why I used the word pummel dead_left_knife_guy.

My guess is it's a less commonly known word in the US. Coming originally from Africa, from a former British colony there are all kinds of words many people here have never heard of. Every now and then somebody surprises me by coming up with a unusual word - like "my car is wonky" - and I wonder how they come to know one as obscure as that but common to me.

According to dictionary.com pummeling and pommeling are used interchangeably,from the same origins dating back to the 1500s

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Permalink Reply by Billy Oneale on March 30, 2016 at 18:17

I like pommels that are functional on a knife.

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Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on March 30, 2016 at 18:31

I've used the pommel of my Camillus Mk II fighting knife as a hammer on many occasions.  The knife handle remains as tight as the day I received some 40 years ago!

allanm said:

A pommel could be used to pummel an opponent but it should never be used as a hammer!

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Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on March 30, 2016 at 18:34

The pommel on many swords are decorative but its primary purpose to balance out the weight of the blade, making the weapon more effective when wielded.  Even the fact that the pommel can be used to bash an opponent is actually secondary to balancing the blade of the sword.

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Permalink Reply by Ron Dumeah on March 30, 2016 at 19:38

I don't think I own a knife with a pummel......going to have to work on that!

 

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