Never could understand the handle thing. I guess everyone picks one because everyone else does, a monkey see, monkey do kind of thing.
People come up to me at shoots and say" I am cow patty from the stickbow". Just as well be telling me they are a space alien from mars. If they had said "I am Bill Jenkins" I would remember them from the site, handles confuse me. Then again, I am crotchety old guy who doesn't fit comfortably in a lot of what are considered normal, modern behavior patterns.
Tell you how odd I am; I don't own a cell phone and drink city water right out of the tap, now thats pretty odd nowadays.