SQUARE HOUSES PART IX
IMAGES BY THE AUTHOR
More thoughts about the biologically influenced knife can be explored through many aspects of the handle.
The human hand is a remarkably versatile aspect of our evolutionary development. For proof, simply examine and study all the artifacts of man that our hands not only craft ed but also readily adapted to, from simple tools such as awls, needles, clubs, bone and stone, to broomsticks, hammers and steering wheels. The fingers of our hands type messages on full-size keyboards and our thumbs text on phones. We can grasp a pencil or turn the page of a book, peel a banana and tie our shoelaces. With our hands we have developed some wonderful tools. Th rough the centuries our hands have made tools from natural materials, and today some make microchips to guide our future.
Not all aspects of our tools are symmetrical. Study the shape
