The hook was intended as a button hook. To be used for pulling laces up tight. Originally to pull a button on a string through a string button loop.
I always thought the hook was a “package hook” left over from the days when packages were tied with string. The hook being in the middle of the backside of the knife allows you to hold the package using the knife as a handle.
Most of the buttonhooks I have seen for either shoes or clothing were much narrower and thiner.
Pete
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