Of the first 50(?) Mocotaugan knives I've looked at, the ones which show the hafting technique, are _all_ done like that.
As I began to haft all of my own crooked knives like centuries of Pacific Northwest carving tools, I have done the same.
I am not easy on tools. Nothing has ever worked loose. The point is that it works and works very well, despite the critics.
Mind you, I have not made more than 15 or 16 knives this way. 6 more are on the bench.
Look at finished crooked knives from North Bay Forge, Kestrel Tool and Caribou Blades. All like that today.
Consider how all of these knives are used = palm up, fist grip, pull strokes towards the carver.
Not what you might have been accustomed to doing.
Yeah, I get hit every day. Used to get cut and wreck shirts. It happens.
Now I have a fantastic canvas apron that sure seems hack-proof!
Fine work is not so bad but the rough shaping has some risks even after the adze work is done.