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Originally Posted by Interested Party
I had never to consider these finger loops before. A way of fingering the blade while keeping the pointer finger below the guard. I interesting adaption for a primarily thrusting weapon that could be facing a primarily cutting weapon. I am going to have to find more images of swords and knives with this type of guard...
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If i well understand your question, this is an implement not so rare to find in swords, whether more crude or more sophisticaded. We call it gatilho (trigger) in local lexicon.
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