On Tuesday, 16 April 2013 17:45:56 UTC+10, Julie Bove wrote:
> How do you hold your knife?

Depends on the knife, what I'm cutting, and how I want to cut it. If I'm cutting with the tip of the knife, I might hold it differently to when I'm cutting with the handle end of the blade.

> She chastised the guy for putting his pointer finger on the back
> side of the blade. She told him when he did this, he was allowing the knife
> to control him and not the other way around.

I don't think I ever do this, index finger on back of blade. I'll grip the base of the blade with finger and thumb, but not finger on blade.

OTOH, I was taught something similar for using a hacksaw - supposed to make you go straight.