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A knife handle suitable for use in connection with a blade with proximal and distal side and top faces. The knife handle includes an elongate hand gripping member and a unitary proximal digital member. The digital member has side faces which overlie the proximal side faces of the blade and an arm wh

A knife handle suitable for use in connection with a blade with proximal and distal side and top faces. The knife handle includes an elongate hand gripping member and a unitary proximal digital member. The digital member has side faces which overlie the proximal side faces of the blade and an arm which overlies the proximal top face of the blade. A thumb groove and a first finger groove are formed in the side faces respectively of the proximal digital member and an index finger groove is formed in the arm of the digital member. The knife handle can be gripped in several ways including a grip where the index finger is extended fully over the arm of the digital member and the thumb and forefinger are positioned in the thumb and first finger grooves respectively.

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1. A handle suitable for use in connection with a knife including a blade with proximal and distal side and top faces and a butt edge, the handle comprising an elongate hand gripping member and a unitary proximal digital member having side faces with respective top and bottom edges and overlying sai

1. A handle suitable for use in connection with a knife including a blade with proximal and distal side and top faces and a butt edge, the handle comprising an elongate hand gripping member and a unitary proximal digital member having side faces with respective top and bottom edges and overlying said proximal side faces of said blade and an arm overlying said proximal top face of said blade, said arm having a length greater than about one fourth the length of the handle and receiving the extended index finger of a user, said handle further including a thumb groove formed in one of the side faces of said proximal digital member, said thumb groove being disposed between and spaced from the top and bottom edges of said proximal digital member and including a forward edge disposed generally vertically co-linearly with the butt edge of the blade, the handle further including a first finger groove formed in the other of the side faces of said proximal digital member positioned generally perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the handle and including a forward edge and extending between and through the top and bottom edges of said proximal digital member, said handle still further including an index finger groove formed in said top of said arm of said proximal digital member and having a rear edge generally vertically co-linearly aligned with the forward edge of the thumb groove and the first finger groove respectively, the extended index finger of the user being received in said index finger groove. 2. The handle of claim 1 wherein said thumb groove extends generally along the longitudinal axis of said handle and said first finger groove extends generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said handle.