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Originally Posted by Theodoric
First a confession. I have just finished watching The Bill. There, I've admitted it!
In tonight's episode, DS Nixon was seen holding a torch in an underhand fashion, that is with the fist under the horizontally held torch. I'm sure that most TV shows and films show police holding the torch this way. Now, I (and I suspect most people) hold a torch overhand, that is with the fist on top of the horizontal torch. Why is this? The only reason that I can think of is that it prevents the police from automatically using the torch as a bludgeon and perhaps harming someone.
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You see better with a torch if it is held nearer to your eyeline rather than down near your waistline. The most comfortable way to hold a torch up this way would be underhand. Try it and see. That's my theory anyway.
Of course, it would be even better if they fitted lights into the front of their helmets (fnar fnar ooerr missus!)
