Wide fullers on knives

[Kookla]

In this thread, bannockburn posted a picture of his Marbles knife- which had a very wide fuller. I always liked the look of knives with wider fullers and figured I'd start a thread where we can post pictures of some.

I'll start with one that I've been eyeballing for some time, AG Russell Field Knife. Picture below is from their site.

 

[Mr. Hill]

I like a nice fuller on a knife, especially a fixed blade hunting knife; they do an important job and look good.

That’s a big fuller on that Russell knife!

 

[bannockburn]

Kookla

Do bayonets count as well? The fuller on this cut-down M1905 bayonet made by AHF (American Fork and Hoe), isn't very wide or deep but it sure is long!

 

[Mr. Hill]

Wikipedia is telling me that a fuller is for weight savings and isn’t a blood groove, but I know that the fuller on a hunting knife will help keep blood away from the handle while gutting and cleaning. ???

 

[hso]

isn’t a blood groove,

They never served any "blood" purpose. That's just a silly myth that guys came up with that didn't understand the forging process or value in saving weight.

If you found a fuller helped keep the grip cleaner it was coincidental. I suspect other design elements played a role as well.

 

[Kookla]

Kookla

Do bayonets count as well? The fuller on this cut-down M1905 bayonet made by AHF (American Fork and Hoe), isn't very wide or deep but it sure is long!

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Bayonets surely count.