16+ Knife Jimping Purpose. Discussion of jimping on folding pocket and edc knives, including what is it, the purpose jimping is the name given to the grooves that are cut into the back, or unsharpened half of the blade of a knife. Small notches or filework cut into the back of a blade or put on the choil or other portions of the knife.
These may be decorative (such as those on the spine), or used for additional grip on the knife (such as those on the thumb rise).
If your blade has a finish you'd like to keep as is, or if it's a coated blade of any sort, the filing/jimping. A pocket knife replaces a number of tools needed in outdoors and does not take too much space. What is the specific purpose of jimping? And then fully hardened it.