Kiribati knifes

[Moe56]

When you are making a kiridashe knife which side do you put the bevel? To my way of thinking, the bevil would be facing inside, depending on whether the person using it is right handed or left-handed. Thanks for the help.

 

[KenH]

From what I've read, for a right handed person the bevel would be facing toward the right. Check this link: https://a.co/d/0bKlJwjE to see what they call a right hand

 

[NoahL]

Since kiridashi are generally marking knives for joinery, you want the bevel to be on the outside of whichever hand is going to be used, that way the flat is on the inside. This makes it so you can get a perfect cut along a straight edge without the bevel trying to push the cut away from the straight edge. This means that, when held in the hand, a right-handed kiridashi has the bevel on the right, and a left-handed kiridashi has the bevel on the left.