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Ergonomic knife handles?

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#1 ·
Who likes em? Who doesn't? Why?
For me they never feel comfortable, and heavier ones like wustohf Ikons throw the balance for me.
I can use anything, but I have a wustohf trident with a CCA logo I really like, and also like the old forshner handles; all my fish & meat knives are victorinox.
 
#2 · (Edited)
I for one have absolutely no use for Ken Onion's "stylings," handle or blade.

Large as my hands are I am very comfortable with a slender coffin-shape handle, like that found on the vintage Deluxe Personna, and most every "conventional" handle shape, Wa or Yo.  Though I really do not at all like the bulbous/bulky/bulging type of plastic handles of fibrox/nsf knives.

Rick
 
#4 ·
Ergonomic for which knife technique? They look to me like they'd interfere in a pinch grip somewhat. Maybe OK for the hammer grip for powering through a melon or squash, but I don't use that grip much really. 

The bread knives with the dropped blade or the raised handle depending on your perspective I guess, I think those are a smart design choice, but I still don't own one. 
 
#6 ·
Beyond simplicity and cost effectiveness, a traditional Wa handle will never interfere with your grip and cutting technique the way an 'ergonomic' handle does.
The beauty of a Wa handle relay on this almost wabi-sabi concept: the blade (steel, geometry, edge) matters much more than the handle.
That may be the reason i dislike custom made fancy, expensive handles on Japanese knives. It's like not understanding the very idea of it.
 
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