Feel the pinch-grip difference

Dani’s onion dice wanders because the knife is being steered from the back of the handle. Before: rear handle grip, tense wrist, wandering dice. After: light pinch near the balance point, guide hand curled. Grip moved forward. Thumb and index finger now control the blade near the balance point, so the tip stops wandering. Pressure dropped. The hand is secure without squeezing; less tension means smoother repeated cuts. Guide hand became useful. The curled knuckles give the blade a reference surface instead of leaving the knife hand to aim alone. The pinch grip turns control into geometry: hand closer to…

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