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Tim Simmons · 19th August 2006, 10:23 PM

I think the big knife type of Flyssa is held much in the same way as a great many of Indonesian knives with a small handle for Europeans, that is often held with a thumb and forefinger on the forte. The Flyssa then is a very keen blade, the thin ones very much a rib tickler

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19th August 2006, 10:23 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,843	I think the big knife type of Flyssa is held much in the same way as a great many of Indonesian knives with a small handle for Europeans, that is often held with a thumb and forefinger on the forte. The Flyssa then is a very keen blade, the thin ones very much a rib tickler .