Knife Holding

[Silent1]

Right considering i can't write (but can spell and read), i see this posted a lot
"holding a knife like a pen"
As i can't hold a pen properly or make anything legible come out of the end, how the fk do you hold a pen and a knife and how should they be held?

[ZesPak]

Silent1 said:

Right considering i can't write (but can spell and read), i see this posted a lot
"holding a knife like a pen"
As i can't hold a pen properly or make anything legible come out of the end, how the fk do you hold a pen and a knife and how should they be held?

Tried holding a knife like a pen, looks quite stupid imho.

From what I've learned, holding a knife with the sharp end up (when making a fist in front of you) gives you better range and is ideally for sharper & bigger knives.

For blunt and esp short knives, holding it with the sharp end down gives you more power to penetrate/stab.

[shirt]

for chopping, you grip a knife in the palm of your hand. for fine cutting/shaping you need greater control and would grip with your fingers with the index finger on top - like a pen.

why can't you write?

[Silent1]

shirt said:

for chopping, you grip a knife in the palm of your hand. for fine cutting/shaping you need greater control and would grip with your fingers with the index finger on top - like a pen.

why can't you write?

Dysgraphia + dyspraxia, it's a bh.

[itsnotarace]

Srsly?

[Silent1]

itsnotarace said:

Srsly?

YA RLY

[itsnotarace]

Are you actually referring to a knife (Rambo) or knife (cutlery) or knife (scalpel, surgeon etc)

[Silent1]

cutlery i presume is the context it gets mentioned in.

[itsnotarace]

I can't imagine why you would want to

[GTIR]

There were a couple of kids at my school (might have been more but I didn't spend much time there) who held a pen like a flute - that's to say four fingers on one side thumb on the other. Freaks.

One's now a teacher. In Norwich.

[silverthorn2151]

GTIR said:

In Norwich.

Could only be there, or perhaps Ipswich.

[Bill]

Silent1 said:

cutlery i presume is the context it gets mentioned in.

It's dead common and that. And american.

[Dunclane]

GTIR said:

There were a couple of kids at my school (might have been more but I didn't spend much time there) who held a pen like a flute - that's to say four fingers on one side thumb on the other. Freaks.

One's now a teacher. In Norwich.

There's also the thumb and little finger one side and three other fingers on the other. Freaks.

[WorAl]

Am I doing it right?

[shirt]

Silent1 said:

shirt said:

for chopping, you grip a knife in the palm of your hand. for fine cutting/shaping you need greater control and would grip with your fingers with the index finger on top - like a pen.

why can't you write?

Dysgraphia + dyspraxia, it's a bh.

Interesting. bet that was an arse at school but hardly disadvantageous these days. I very rarely find myself writing anything that others may view, and when I do its usually annotating in capitals.

[HBLC]

GTIR said:

There were a couple of kids at my school (might have been more but I didn't spend much time there) who held a pen like a flute - that's to say four fingers on one side thumb on the other. Freaks.

One's now a teacher. In Norwich.

Norwich, eh? What does he do with his other finger?

[NDA]

If you believe in such things, then you should not show the handle of any cutlery whilst eating.

[Silent1]

shirt said:

Silent1 said:

shirt said:

for chopping, you grip a knife in the palm of your hand. for fine cutting/shaping you need greater control and would grip with your fingers with the index finger on top - like a pen.

why can't you write?

Dysgraphia + dyspraxia, it's a bh.

Interesting. bet that was an arse at school but hardly disadvantageous these days. I very rarely find myself writing anything that others may view, and when I do its usually annotating in capitals.

i was lucky that my parents could afford to get me tested so it was found at a young age when the teachers thought i was just being lazy, as a consequence the company my dad worked for (not famous for their generosity being a merchant bank) provided me with the electronics to get by (laptops, dictphones PDAs) so i blame them for my l337 skills

[Silent1]

So can anyone demonstrate correct knife holding to me in pictorial form?

[GTIR]

WorAl said:

Am I doing it right?

Ahh, that takes me back. Tracy King 1984 school disco.