a. Thumb-plate.
b. Rest for the little finger.
c. Support for the index finger.
Fig. 4.
Improved handle with thumb-guard.
(R. F. Burton.)
The hand grasping the actual handle. The hand grasping the modified handle.
I would further modify his [Fig. 1], so as to give more fulcrum to the hand. The thumb-plate should be made weighty and the guard light, otherwise the blade will be over-balanced, that is, heavier on one side than on the other. It need hardly be said that the grip before going into battle should be whipped round with thin whipcord, or better still, with web-cloth.
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