Good job I got the No7 which still seems small in my hands. Out of interest can you file down the wood to make it more comfortable in the hand then once filed re-waterproof the wood with car paint lacquer or a good soak in Linseed oil?
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If you can do this sort of thing to them ,i think what you are talking about should be ok http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...enGB416&biw=1579&bih=649&tbm=isch&um=1&itbs=1