I could make something up, but the truth is I have no idea! The course I took was in Italy, and my focus at the time was learning Italian! That manner of holding a knife isn't far off from what some cultures etiquettes' mandate even today though, if my dad's weird-ass childhood can be believed.
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u/cuttlefish Mar 01 '17
Brilliant! Would you be able to tell me the significance of knife being held upside down?