That part of the stock that sets upon the top of the barrel and protects the user from being burned by a hot barrel. An upper handguard is one of two handguards which extend from about the rear sight to the muzzle, e.g. British Lee-Enfield rifles. The lower handguard extends from about the rear sight toward the receiver of the firearm. In the AK and many other rifles, the so-called lower handguard is properly the forearm or fore-end.

Protrusion/expansion on the knife's handle proximal to the blade keeping the hand safely positioned on the handle inhibiting sliding forward.