Taping knife with offset handle

A taping knife comprising:

• a blade having a web, a working edge, two side edges, a handle edge opposite said working edge and a reinforcing backing along the handle edge that extends over a portion of said web of said blade;
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• a handle connected to said blade, said handle having a non-perpendicular, non-parallel, angular orientation relative to said working edge of said blade, said handle including a first side proximal to one of said side edges, having a first arcuate shape and a second opposing side proximal to another of said side edges, having a second arcuate shape, said first side and said second side being non-symmetrical about a central axis passing through said handle, said second side having a greater radius of curvature than said first side, said handle having a first end and a second end separated by a middle portion, said first end extending laterally along said blade a greater distance from said first side than from said second side, said first end being attachable to said blade to from a moisture-resistant barrier where said handle and said blade are joined and having a length that is substantially the same as a distance said reinforcing backing extends over said web of said blade, said second end including a hammer element made from a relatively harder material, said handle including a neck portion adjacent to said first end and a body portion adjacent to said second end, said neck portion defined by opposing concave surfaces and said body portion defined by opposing convex surfaces on said first and second sides, a central portion of said body portion having a width that is greater than a width of said neck portion and an end portion of said body portion adjacent said second end.