[Sca-cooks] Another knife question

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Sue Clemenger:
>Okay, so now when y'all are talking about "smaller hands" do you 
>mean smaller *palms* or *shorter fingers*? or both?  See, I've got 
>stinkin' short fingers, but very broad palms (makes it a stone b!tch 
>to find gloves and mittens that fit). I'm forever taking the skin 
>from my knuckles when I grate something....
>--maire, only hoping that she's making sense ;-)

Sorry, Maire. I've been away from the computer a great deal lately, 
and only went back to look for more of this thread when I discovered 
this morning it was still going on...

I suspect in your case, relatively thick fingers may be the culprit, 
but long fingers can do it too. Anything that doesn't fit the ideal 
hand profile the manufacturer of the knife had in mind. Look at it 
this way (it's early in the morning and I'm going to be crude): 
simply put, you're wrapping a layer of meat around the handle of that 
knife and moving it around. If the thickness of that layer of meat 
(and bones) is different from the recommended thickness range that 
the knife designer allowed for, you run a strong risk of rapping your 
knuckles, just as you do when you grate, for similar reasons. Shorter 
fingers mean more of the finger is used to get a good grip.

Adamantius


>
>Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:
>
>>But as for the Mysterious Barking of the Knuckles, it may simply be 
>>that Sabatiers, all other things being equal, are made for people 
>>with smaller hands, and this fact (if it is a fact) might be 
>>muddied a bit by the grip of a chef's knife, which generally 
>>doesn't involve all four fingers and the thumb wrapped around the 
>>grip.
>>
>>Adamantius
>
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