The wraps are useful because I prefer larger grips for my big hands. ESPECIALLY on the older Dumpster Mutts with the small Busse Basic handles (DMCG & DMLE). Those handles are REALLY small! The moku hitching on the DFLE works pretty well, but the ringbolt hitching on the DMLE and the YKCG is perfect. It serves to add thickness in excess of fatness, if that makes any sense. The SAR5 has really fat grips, so doesn't need any added. The mudder grips are perfect the way they are. The RMD is also perfect. The smaller knives with micarta (HCLE, HCSE) are fine with smaller handles because finger control is all you really want on them. At some point I will likely wrap the SODs and the DFCG. I'm holding off on the SODLE until the JYD with that number lets me know if he wants it. In any case (as you see on the DFCG), you definitely want a wrist lanyard on any chopper for safety purposes.