Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 16:22:22 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id: <199810270022.QAA02588@ns.intelenet.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: redcanoe@pangea.ca (Douglas Ingram)
Subject: Re: baidarka Hooked or crooked knife
You are correct! Obviously you are much less confused than you let on. So,
what does that say about the rest of us?
>From the recent postings I have become a bit confused (a normal condition
>for me) . I know the crooked knife as the type of knife with a straight
>blade. The blade may have a curl or a hook on the tip. The handle is bent
>away from the knife edge about half way. It is used in a pulling cue with
>the fingers looped around the straight part of the handle and the thumb
>pressed against the bent part. Finger provide the power while the thumb
>provides control.
>
>A knife with a straight handle and a curl or loop in the blade, I know as a
>hoof knife. I have seen them listed in the catalogs as a carving knife and
>as a spoon knife. Some have cutting edges on both sides of the blade. It
>is used with the end of the handle in the palm of the hand.
>
>
>Don Bowen Senior Software Engineer
>Valley Center, CA donb@cts.com
>
>
Douglas Ingram
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