>>5394556I understand and I do think it would make sense with the skull warriors for example: assuming their spears were mass-produced it would make sense that they were poorly made - though if they are an ancient army and not a recently created one I'd think that would also be a reason as to why their blades are so jagged
Grabbing a mask from underneath would probably be a more defensive way to use that type of blade, as it allows the user to keep it closer to their body, though I don't think grabbing it from the top would leave you too open, especially if you have two more like skull slicer XD
but since umarak is a hunter i like to think that he likes to take good care of his weapons so i don't think his weapon is like that because it was poorly made or because it's old (even though it is the same piece) but rather because it serves a functional purpose, not only for grabbing masks, but for gutting his catches
the knife in the pic is kind of what i imagine it as, and even though the gut hook does face the back, it would still have to be pointed foward to actually gut an animal