He touched the long hilt, then took his hand away.

He reached out for it, his fingers touching the hilt.

As I adjusted it, my hand touched the hilt of the sword again.

My fingers touched the hilt, and the key started to glow.

My hand just touched the hilt as he turned to me.

I reached out my left hand to touch the hilt.

And the prince's hand touched the hilt of the Sword he wore.

Remember touching the hilt with your off hand every now and then, just to reassure yourself it was there?

Only when the knot was done did he touch the hilt with his bare hand.

I went over, bent down, didn't quite touch the hilt.