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	Alloy Steel An alloy is a material mixture of metal with at le... Back (spine) On single edged knives, the back or spine is the u... Belly The belly is the curving part of the blade edge op... Bevel The portion of the blade that slopes from the spin... Blade The flat part of the knife that forms its cutting ... Butt (pommel) The end of the handle portion of a knife. Traditio... Butt Cap The cap that is fitted over or removable from the ... Carbon Carbon is the element that transforms iron into st... Choil The part of the knife where the handle and blade m... Crink A blade-protecting feature in quality multi-b... Ductility The ability of a knife blade to flex, bend, or con... Escutcheon A small, decorative pin or metal badge a... Edge The edge is the sharpened side of the blade. A kni... False Edge A false edge is a sharpened area on the spine... Guard A separate metal piece attached at the junctu... Hilt A Hilt is another word for handle, though it ... Hone Hone is the proper term for the act of sharpening ... Kick A blade-protecting feature on quality pocket ... Lanyard (thong) A lanyard or thong is a thin piece of leather... Lanyard Hole The hole for the lanyard. Okay, it's the hole in t... Lashing Grommets (jimping) These are notches on the lower portion of the blad... Mark Side (obverse) On pocket knives, the side of the blade that bears... Nail Nick (mark) A crescent-shaped mark on pocket knife blades... Pen Blade (pen knife) The smallest blade of a multi-blade pocket knife, ... Pile Side (reverse side) The side of the blade opposite to the mark side or... Pins The pins are the objects used to attach a knife ha... Pocket Blade (master blade) The largest blade of a multi-blade pocket knife. Quillion The portion of the guard that extends beyond the t... Ricasso The flat, unsharpened portion of the knife blade p... Rockwell Rockwell is the name of the machine that conducts ... Scales A knife construction term for the handle piec... Scrimshaw The term scrimshaw referred originally to the prac... Serrated A serrated knife blade features notched teeth... Tang The tang is the part of the knife blade that exten... Tang Stamp An imprinted mark on the ricasso that bears the st...