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protect your wrists

10/29/2020

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It's easy, when doing the pull cut, to have the knife at too much of an angle, almost horizontal instead of straight up and down.

This causes your wrist to collapse as you pull towards yourself, which saps most of the power from the cut because now you're using your wrist muscles instead of your back and shoulder.

It also exacerbates carpal tunnel syndrome by pinching the nerve connection that goes through your wrist.

You've been warned. Keep your wrist straight at all times.

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Michael O’Brien
10/30/2020 06:34:45 am

Body ergonomics are always important in the prevention of repetitive motion injuries. You are the first spoon carver I have ever read mention that exact point. Well said.
Cheers,
Michael

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