AmyO - Choil Info

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Over the years there has been a lot of discussion pro and con about the choil on Busse knives. Now that there has been a knife offered with either choil or no choil, you have the opportunity to tell us what people really want as indicated by the percentages of orders. Inquiring minds wanna know.
 
The tank buster is a large enough knife that the choil is at least potentially useful for choking up....


I imagine those numbers would be MUCH different in knife 5 inches or less in length. Imagine an active duty or game warden with no choil - they would sell like hotcakes.
 
I got the choil on my TB and I am glad I did, it adds to the looks and yes I think it will come in handy for close in work.

RickJ
 
I got one as well and it feels very natural to hold it that way. Though I have been looking at the choiless pics that are around and it looks great and with the extra blade.
 
If I ordered a tank buster, I would have gotten it without a choil, but I can at least understand putting a choil on a knife that size. Choils on small knives, however...
 
While the subject is up........ Choiless SHBA...........

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I have a Badager Attack Tac, and it has a choil, and I love it. Not only does it look great, but it is nice for that up close work....
 
i had 2 batac's and in both cases the choil makes it a no-go for me. I'm quite happy with the choiless version of the tank buster, and if some gave me a choiled version for free I'd end up selling it. Unless it's a purely dedicated chopper I can't stand seeing edge eaten up like that.
 
I think Amy mentioned a while back that more TB's with choils were ordered than without.
Personally, I'd like to see it as an option on offerings with blade lengths less than 8" sold thru the website. After reading thru posts in other forums, there are a lot of folks that really like Busse knives and would like to buy one but the choil kills it for them.

Just saying
 
PorcupineMtns66 said:
I think Amy mentioned a while back that more TB's with choils were ordered than without.
Personally, I'd like to see it as an option on offerings with blade lengths less than 8" sold thru the website. After reading thru posts in other forums, there are a lot of folks that really like Busse knives and would like to buy one but the choil kills it for them.

Just saying
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that's pretty much where I'm at in my busse buying career. I've gone through a a lot of the previous models (all of which, other then the war boar, with choils) and at this point I'm just not interested in anything that has one. I bought the tank buster partly because I wanted it to see how it handled in generally, but also just in case this was a one time deal. It would suck if this kind of offer wasn't available after this, but it's a possibility if the choiless versions sales were really lack luster.

as it was said earlier in this thread: I would SO buy a choiless active duty, meaner street, old school mean street, cultellus, game warden or skeleton key.

The truly compact choiless section of design is completely void in the busse line up, I had to custom order my sar5 mod to get one.
 
I don't like choils, prefer the edge as long as possible and always just work off the handle. I'm used to it and never miss a choil.
So if there is a choice, the choice = choilless. :D
 
Then you have the "elf choil" on the SAR 4, which is the only fault I find on an otherwise great knife.
 
I like a choil on a fixed blade of any size, including my AD. I have lots of other knives with no choil and like the look and feel of a choil.
 
Its not so much the choil on the large knives but the combination of the choil/talon hole on the small knives that I hate. Takes away from the functionality of the blade.
 
Nuke41 said:
Then you have the "elf choil" on the SAR 4, which is the only fault I find on an otherwise great knife.
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:p :D - LMAO - EXACTLY!.. I haven't heard that term: "elf choil", but yeah... I particular can't stand the choils on the smaller knives (AD, Meaner, SHBA, SAR4 and MANY others)that are WAY too small for actual finger use/function and WAY too large for anything else. They waste VERY prime blade area and create a snag corner on the blade.
I hope it is OK for me to borrow and use your "Elf" term without being in fear of legal concerns. :rolleyes: ;)




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MustardMan said:
The tank buster is a large enough knife that the choil is at least potentially useful for choking up....


I imagine those numbers would be MUCH different in knife 5 inches or less in length. Imagine an active duty or game warden with no choil - they would sell like hotcakes.
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I don't personally mind "functional" choils on most blades 6" and over and "sometimes" between 4.5" - 6.0", but much under 4.5" - 5.0" blades (depending on design) and I generally don't like choils.
And I think quite a few people agree that:

1) Over a certain size blade and choils are fine, or functional
2) On the TB, the choil is actually a "Functional" sized choil - as opposed to the "Elf" choils on many smaller knives that drive myself and many others crazy


So, I don't think the choil option on the TB is as relavent as it would be on say a SHBA, AD and many smaller knives.


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norcalblacktail said:
Its not so much the choil on the large knives but the combination of the choil/talon hole on the small knives that I hate. Takes away from the functionality of the blade.
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book'em said:
I like a choil on a fixed blade of any size, including my AD. I have lots of other knives with no choil and like the look and feel of a choil.
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Granted, you have every right to like what you want. But, for the life of me, I can't understand HOW anyone can appreciate the "Elf" sized choils on the AD and similar knives.

It is not functional being too small for a finger and otherwise too large.

How does it help or serve you?
And why do you like it?

I am not intentionally trying to give you a hard time. I am really just curious if anyone can provide an answer other than liking how it looks. If all you have is liking how it looks, fine - to each their own - everyone has that right.

But, I have not yet heard anyone offer a functional justification for otherwise "wasting" a good area to have a sharpened edge and replacing what could be very functional sharpened edge with a hole that doesn't do anything other than snag stuff. :confused:

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