Chances are you have a collection of different knives in your kitchen for cooking because you probably wouldn’t want to cut a watermelon with a paring knife!

That’s why I have expanded my collection of Knifingers. I don’t have plans on becoming a gourmet chef, I just want to cook dinner. I made larger knives for cutting larger fruits and vegetables. Because just like the block of kitchen knives, even when tools can perform the same general tasks, having tools for specific tasks can make them faster and easier. And in my case, those tasks are much safer too!

Before my elective amputation, my surgeon disconnected one of the painful and badly damaged palamar muscles in my hand from my middle finger. The hope was that the other fingers would help take up the slack and keep my middle finger in line. But one day I was chopping some vegetables for dinner and dropped the large knife, just missing my toes. My brain was sensing that my middle finger was gripping the knife, but without that muscle, it really wasn’t. After that incident, my surgeon agreed that living with my hand like that was dangerous and we set a date for amputation.

My Knifinger design is just a different kind of handle for a knife that fits my unusual gripping needs. With the altered grip, I am not at risk of injuring myself because I dropped or fumbled a knife due to my weak grip. I can chop, slice, and mince without fear. And that’s a really big deal!