Backyard deer hunting

A selection of Hovey’s Knives of China Knives with many showing the oval ring grip typical of the designs. 

When you are a knife maker as well as a writer, it is sometimes difficult to take criticism of your own designs, but if you are going to sell consumer goods it makes since to pay close attention to what people say, especially if they do not like your product. In my case I have a business, Hovey ‘s Knives of China, where I take inspiration of Chinese kitchen knives made 3000 years ago in bronze and now make them out of modern steels in my shop in Central Georgia.

A distinctive feature of many of these knives is an oval ring on the end of the grip which is designed to fit in the palm of the hand and has three significant functions: A. It provides an absolutely non-slip grip…