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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2008 7:20:44 GMT
Yes. The grip shown abive is a pretty standard suggestion for thrusting with guardless knives. "Couching" the pommel end of the handle against the palm of the hand is actually quite secure. I practice the same technique on my guardless knives. I still also recommend a lanyard on blades that are set up to use them.
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Post by jasmineleaf on Aug 5, 2008 15:37:31 GMT
well like musashis zetsuirn its at least got some ito to grip and not just smooth wood but again i would make sure i had a firm grip and that i did not even attempt to stab ANYTHING but also id just wear gloves I hate the Zetsurin. I have it and it's trash .
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2008 21:04:32 GMT
My sister spent several years living in Nepal in an area where they were making Kukris. While they have certainly been used in warfare, they are also still very much used as an everyday utilitarian blade for everything from slaughtering sheep by slitting their throats from behind to chopping veggies. I hate to burst the bubble anyone might have about fierce gurka fighters, but all their grannies are using them too . With the shape and weight of the blade (usually that really heavy back edge) they seem much more suited to chopping and slashing than poking or thrusting. That would certainly help keep your fingers from riding up, wouldn't it? I spent awhile living in Finland. It seemed to me that many of the older puukkos had no finger guard or even much in the way of shaped handles - while nearly all the modern versions and current production ones have addressed this by adding thumbguards or shaped handles (finger ridges/notches) that improve the grip. Maybe they got tired of cutting off their fingers? Lots of the older ones I saw had leather wrapped over the birch handles that was left kind of rough looking, so that may have been to improve traction, as well?
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Post by hotspur on Aug 5, 2008 23:28:47 GMT
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