The dilemma with Scandinavian knives.

[koyote]

One thing I can think of rite off the top of my head is working on a deer, when you are cutting blind inside the deers neck with fingers that are wet with blood and going numb from the November cold, a small guard helps me orient my hand and the edge and also keeps my fingers off the business end of the knife.

Just not an issue. a scandinavian styled knife- okay, we need to break things down here.

We aren't talking about scandi grinds. A scandi grind can be put on any reasonable geometry, right? we're talking about scandinavian knives or knives heavily influenced by scandinavian designs.

This type of knife often loses something if you add a guard, oddly.

I pretty much only use scandis with no kind of finger gaurd. I have never had an issue. The contours of the handle really lock your hand into place.

That's the exact thing- the shape and length of the handles really helps you lock in a safe, good grip. I do generally have a finger indexing bit up front of some sort, is not quite as much as the koster knife photographed (and sometimes more, when the scales become part of it) and I do think that helps.

 

[BarberFobic1992]

Somthing like this might be a good compromise,

 

[MIKE MACINTOSH]

Somthing like this might be a good compromise,

I like the looks of this one I would happily use it, It is far better than the red wooden handle moras and the type i thougt we were talking about

 

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I can't recall ever cutting my right hand with a knife. I'm surprised my left index finger still functions. Someone needs to come up with a finger guard for the left index finger when the knife is held in the right hand. So far I haven't found one but they would sell well.

I use my SBT quite a lot, it is literally the sharpest knife in the drawer. It is hard to imagine using it in a way that would endanger my right hand. If I need to stab it into something I would prefer to baton it in by hitting on the buttcap. Mac