Fallkniven choil

Jessekf

Jessekf

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I have spent the last few years hiking around the woods with my go to knives, a Busse NMSFNO and an Esee6. The other day, I ordered a Fallkniven A1 off a website to take with me into the woods when I didnt want to worry about rusting out a carbon blade. Everytime I pick up my new A1, I almost instinctively want to choke up and put my front finger into the choil. I didnt even realize how often I used the choil.

Has anyone ever added a choil to an A1? Even if its not super deep, I think its an excellent way to get more fine control over the blade. Please share some pictures.
 
I've put choils on several knives with a dremel tool. Use a round sanding "drum", go slow, and dunk often in water. Smaller knives without choils drive me nuts for the same reason as you.

You can also flatten out a small part of the blade with a file, kind of a homemade ricasso. I've done that also.

We're in the minority, most forumites hate them. I think they give you much better control, but to each their own...
 
This was my BR TUSK originally:

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This is after adding a choil, reducing the butt and some other stuff you can't see:

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A2 BTW-- just wrapped paper over a copper pipe of the right dia and had at it. In its orig config it was (to me) quite awkward. Now it "fits like a glove"!
 
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