I must be nuts ....

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tomcrx

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...a knife I have been using A LOT lately has been a $9.99 CS Finn Bear.

I finally realized why. The handle, it is long with no taper, palm swells, finger grips, guards, choils etc. and the handle is longer then the blade. The blade is also in a straight line with the handle.

I really like it because it allows me to to assume any grip or position on the handle. I am not fighting the knife, it adapts to how I want to grip it not vice versa.

I would like to see more very simple handles on knives, like a cylinder with a simple gentle symmetrical oval cross section that is 4-5" in length
 
The moras I have have a slight buldge in the center kind of tapering on each end of the handle. You can get a few for the same price of you CS. If you don't have at least one you need one.
If you don't like the handles offered you can get the blades and easily make the type of handle you are talking about. Dress it up, keep it simple, use something exotic... whatever you want you can make. This is the best part of what I love about knives. Functional understated beauty.
 
tomcrx said:
I was talking more of a uniform circumference the length of the handle. More Japanese in aesthetic if you like.
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I know what you mean. That's one of the things I like about the Chris Reeve One-Piece line.
 
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