knives for quads

[alissa]

any recommendations?

[jimnms]

They had some kind of quad knife for cutting food at the rehab place I went to, but I found it easier to use a regular knife. I think they called it a rocker knife.

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Learn from the mistakes of others, you won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.

[crags]

my advice, adaptive design or not, is best to avoid them on a regular basis

it's too easy to nick yourself and not feel it, if you lack sensation in parts/all of your hand

[Sue Pendleton]

Alissa, If you have any hand grip I'd suggest the one I got. Think it came from the Enrichments catalog from Sammons Preston. It has a plastic handle that is at a 90 degree angle from the blade. So this works great for those with contractures of the hand. You hold the handle which has a bit of the brass knuckle look to help position fingers. Then the blade faces away from you at the bottom of the handle and the sharp side is down. Hope that isn't too confusing (think of the letter "L" reversed so the bottom is aimed the other direction). It is much sharper than all the other quad knives I've seen and more for food prep than cutting steak.

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."

[Jeff B]

I use a T-handle rocker knife like the one found on this page:

http://www.rehabmart.com/kitchen.asp

It is quite sharp and works better for me than the ones with L-shaped handles. As long as you go slow and careful/deliberate, and don't try to cut anything too tough you should be pretty safe.

[Cspine]

i use this......... http://www.greatnorthernproducts.com/gnpstore/itm00030.htm
it's very tough and cuts great, not like that stamped tin rocker knife a got in rehab. it can cut through chicken w/ ease and with some finesse, even steak.



'the voices in my head tell me to burn things..........'

[alissa]

thanks everyone

[antiquity]

Hey Alissa, check out the Food Forum, (http://carecure.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=59) there's lots of info. there about adaptive kitchen equipment for quads.

[Jakstraw]

Alissa,

I used to be a chef and while I was in rehab at Craig I designed my own knife that one of the rehab engineer guys there went down to his shop and made for me in a matter of hours.

It's a bit hard to discribe the thing but it works much better than those "saw handle" type knifes or the rocker knifes because it attaches to you at 2 points.There is a "ski pole" type grip with a velcro strap that you wrap your fingers around that is about half way out over the blade and then at the back of the knife there is a U shaped piece also with velcro that craddles your wrist. This way the knife doesn't twist and you can really put a lot more weight behind the knife as you cut. Basically it is an adapter that attaches to a regular chefs knife with a couple of set screws. You can move it from one knife to another.

If you are interested let me know and I will take some pictures of it and email them to you.

david

[This message was edited by Jakstraw on 03-24-04 at 04:05 PM.]

[Cspine]

i wanna see! post a pic here!



'the voices in my head tell me to burn things..........'

[alissa]

Hey Now Jakstraw http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

yes, I'd love to see a pic.

peace

[Jakstraw]

I will be happy to. I just need to borrow a friends digital camera so give me a couple of days and I'll post some pics.

david

[Jakstraw]

I have some pictures but i am a computer idiot so I don't know how to post them here. I have them in a Zip file and I can email it to anyone that wants to see them.

david.

[alissa]

yes please, I would like to see...
airmgr98@aol.com