On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:31:38 +0100, "Ophelia" ku>
wrote:

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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
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> > I did look this up. Apparently at least for the Chef's knife, which is
> > the large one, you are supposed to put your thumb and finger on either
> > side of the blade itself. I will try this. Not sure this will work on a
> > smaller knife though. But that woman chef did not do that. She had all
> > of the fingers and thumb wrapped around the handle. And that just didn't
> > work for me.
>
> I guess everyone will do what suits them best.
> --

Just keep your knife sharp enough that you don't need to use your left
hand to apply pressure when cutting, please. Accidents happen that
way.

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