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* In [[H. Beam Piper]]'s ''[[Last Enemy]],'' Verkan Vall picks a knife duel and blinks in astonishment when he notices his opponent using this style. After killing the fellow -- "Only eight seconds from the time you closed with him" -- Vall, who learned knife-fighting from pirates, remarks that he feels like a murderer of children; evidently Piper didn't think much of the Reverse Grip.
* Abbie Hoffman, in a section of ''Steal This Book'' focusing on knives, advocates against using this grip:
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