Bob,

I might have to differ ...  Been using one of those this summer, and I 
thought I noticed more strain in my forearm.  I was starting to think that the 
abscence of "slip" between wood grip and hand, ie., the fact that the rubber grip 
was essentially locked into your hand, transferred excess strain and stress 
back into your wrist and arm, rather that creating a safety "slip" of the handle 
when troweling through dried outs silts and clays.  Just a preliminary 
observation.

Mark C. Branstner    

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