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					Originally Posted by SERGIU
					
				 
				One more use for the big ears of the yataghan grip- when the arnautka or tancica long rifle needs to be fired, simply stick your yataghan into the ground put the barrel  between the ears and let them  support the barrel for greater accuracy. 
			
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Now that fascinates me... 
  
I have a collapsable monopod purpose-built for the same reason, and this is admittedly the first instance I've heard of the shallow groove between the ears of a yat being used for this function.  Very cool... and beautiful, the both of them.