USO Kuwait Shake

Louis receiving an award and a hearty handshake in Kuwait.

Comedian Louis CK is blogging about his USO tour here.

In Car Shake

In the '50s in the Bronx you could get some God talk and a hearty handshake without ever leaving your car.

via If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger...

The Clemens Clasp

From the fine folks over at twainquotes.com comes this Twain quote:
A most moving and pulse-stirring honor--the heartfelt grope of the hand, and the welcome that does not descend from the pale, gray matter of the brain but rushes up with the red blood of the heart.
- The Begum of Bengal speech, 1907


Illustration by Dan Beard for "Travelling with a Reformer"
COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE, Dec. 16, 1893.
From the Dave Thomson collection

Oops

Sometimes everyone regrets a handshake. It's hard to tell if Don or Saddam regretted it more .

Flaming Chalice Shake

The Unitarian Universalist's have a handshake for you.

LOL shake

This cat is so good, he doesn't even need a partner.

Shake Hands with Danger

Some may say this looks more like Shake Hands with a Wrench, but those people are needlessly precise. Click the pic for '70s industrial film goodness.

Man shake

Questionable Content provides today's "meet the parents" handshake.

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Puzzling Shake

The folks over at Cooperative Intelligence blog have some things to share about LinkedIn. But, more importantly, they have this sweet handshake.

Passive-Aggressive Shake

I don't know where this comic comes from, but it's awesome and on topic. The complete comic is here.

If you know where we can find the author for proper attribution, please let us know.

Tricky

Look, Kanga, if that is your real name, we have some things in common. You have a pouch, I have a fanny pack. We both hate spiders. Come on, let's shake on it.
Click pic to embiggen.
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I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords

The folks over at Shadow Robot are taking sweaty, meaty handshakes to the next level... the cold metal level.

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Another How-To

Visionalliance.com offers some fine tips on how to shake hands.

Couple of prom-goers show us how it's done

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What about my canine friends?

Teach your old dog some new tricks over at dogtricks.co.za

Yankee Shake

Here is Roger Maris performing the difficult double shake with the boys at home plate.

From allposters.com via amazon.com. Roger Maris - # 6 Shaking hands at homeplate, 8x10

Handshake Drugs - Wilco

With Daily Handshake you don't need drugs to get your handshake on.

Tricky Shake 1969

If you are Dick Nixon, and the year is 1969, this is how you shake hands.

Once again If Charlie Parker Was A Gunslinger is home for great pictures.

How to

Sure you like to look at pictures of handshakes, but how do you complete a handshake of your very own? The folks over at howtodothings.com can help.

One bit of advice, unless you are a Kennedy or Santa, do not cover the handshake with your other hand. That's creepy.

When you finish your training, why not take a picture of your handshake and send it to DailyHandshake@gmail.com?

Unsuccessful Handshake

That is a good question.

Posed by Toothpaste for Dinner

Together Handshake

Management's thumb is large.

Via If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats.

Three way handshake

Our friends over at Microsoft offer this visualization of the TCP three way handshake, also known as SYN, SYN/ACK, ACK.