Stihl chain brake handle question

[Bob Hedgecutter]

I like the simplicity of that solution, but I wonder whether adding weight to the brake handle will cause the "inertial" braking system to activate sooner. A lot of saws have a system where if the saw kicks back, even if your hand doesn't hit the brake handle, the brake will engage due to the sudden backward torquing of the saw as it rotates "down in back, up in front" in a kickback...if the weight of the brake handle increases, presumably this system will engage sooner/with less of a torquing impulse...not that there's necessarily anything wrong with that...

Exactly why I suggested screwing the block of timber to the back of the left hand way back in the beginning.