Let the claw grip guide the food

The move: make your guide hand a moving fence. A safe guide hand is not flat. Curl the fingertips back toward the palm and let the knuckles face the blade. The knife should travel beside the knuckles, not toward the fingertips. This protects soft tissue and gives you a repeatable slice thickness. The claw is not a frozen pose. It moves with the food. After each cut, advance the food a small distance, keep the flat side stable on the board, and reset the curl. When the food gets short, slow down. Rotate it, use a different cut, or stop…

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