Asymetrical handle

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I was making my own canvas micarta and ran into a problem, but it got me thinking... I have one scale billet thicker than another, does anybody do a palm swell or something similar to create or designate a left or right hand knife? Anybody got any pictures or examples? I would think it has the opportunity to be quite comfortable if not that great looking.

P.S. I just got back from my New Orleans trip, i left Sunday morning at 6:30, took me 6 hours to get 100 miles out of the city, good luck to anybody in that region, hope it wasn't too bad
 
Sean Perkins used to do this, but on a knife with a 2" handle it didn't make a difference, ergonomically. I think it limits the usage of the knife a little, making it less ambidextrous, but it could be done.
 
Doesn´t Jerry Hosson use an assymetrical configuration on his knives´ handles?
 
Antler is not common in Western Australia so I used what I had for a right handed user. The right looking from the top was a bit convex from front to back and top to botom. The left scale was a bit concave from front to back.

The bloke I made it for was a bushman who makes regular trips to the bush camping. He is a genuine user of knives not a collector or man with a thousand bull dust theories of what should or should not be. He just knows what feels nice to him.

He likes it he uses it. The antler has a good texture to give grip. The blade was a green river rusell curve back skinner is what I would call it. The old style that had wood scales no moulded plastic.

To me it boils down to the customer is right. He is right handed and does not care if his mate is left handed he is not trying to please him.

Sorry I did not take a photo.
 
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