Finger Choils?

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Ernest Emerson

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Dear Members,

I recently saw a couple of posts regarding finger choils, mainly that they did not like them. Were you referring to the finger choil as on our knives in the lock area, or a finger choil forward of the handle on the blade as are on some fixed blades?

Best,

Ernest
 
The big complaint seems to be loss of usable cutting edge, although how much use that part of a folder gets I don't know (I never cut anything with the edge area that close to the handle). Also, when the blade runs all the way to the scales you have to take it apart to sharpen the heel. I think the choil is good, and yours are relatively small.
 
^ Exactly this. Loss of decent blade edge for no real useful reason.

PM2 is negligible as it's 50/50 - blade/handle. I actually didn't notice on a PM2 until someone pointed it out.

Strider is a good example.
 
Finger choils cut into the blade are ridiculous, and honestly represent poor knife handling skills to me. They waste good blade space, and are redundant because the knife should already have a handle.

If you need to choke up on, just do it and don't be an idiot about it. I, and many others, have done that since childhood with nary a scratch. Why? Because I have awareness and control of my fingers.

So if you can't choke up on a blade without a dedicated finger notch cut out of your blade, you probably have no business using a knife in the first place!

They have their place on tiny ass knives or giant monster knives. But for an EDC sized folder, they are asinine.

Ernest, please leave these trendy crutch gimmicks off your knives! Don't insult your perfectly usable, ergonomic handles by grinding more handles into your sexy blades!

If people out there want a choil, fine. But let em grind it out themselves if they need it so bad. One of my absolute favorite companies started this crap, and now the only knives they offer have that cursed choil, so I won't buy em. You can take away material, but can't add it. So why limit your market.?

OK I'm done.
Thx.
 
Personally I like finger choils cut into the blade for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is they also make a good sharpening choil since a finger choil is likely going to be all the way forward of the plunge grind.

The other reason I like them is that they tend to act as a sort of saftey mechanism should the lock fail and the knife close on you.

I understand the argument that it removes some cutting edge but it has never been a problem for me. When you hear about finger choils being disliked it is almost certainly the on blade choil that is being talked about. I have only rarely heard of people dislking on blade choils.

P.S. E Ernest Emerson please make the HD7 part of your permanent line up! Pleaasseee!!!
 
I personally do not like finger choils on a knife. I prefer a good handle that allows your finger to be close to the cutting edge.
 
MolokaiRider said:
I personally do not like finger choils on a knife. I prefer a good handle that allows your finger to be close to the cutting edge.
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That is precisely why I go to Emerson knives. While most other companies are on the latest trend, EKI has stayed simple and consistent.
 
as mentioned finger choils do serve a purpose .

A folding knife is just that a FOLDING KNIFE. with a liner lock that blade is being wedged open with a thin piece of metal like a 2x4 propping a door open. there is no way Im trusting a folding knife let alone a liner lock to stay "propped" open with my fingers in the blade path. I don't care who makes the knife the "advantage " of that extra edge doesn't outweight the risk to to digits that cant be replaced. You are choosing aesthetics over real world common sense. The "Macho" BS of " I have to have all the edge I can get to open my bag of chips for lunch " is laughable.

also a sharpening choil is different than a Finger choil . and having a finger choil when "choking" up adds control over the blade as well as added stability when closer to the blade. Ever get a serious cut ? I mean bone deep blood pouring out ,tendon and ligament damage ? and not due to being an idiot but because of a mechanical failure? I know real operators would just tie it off with a dirty oil soaked rag and continue killing the enemy with their bare hands

anyway most emersons don't have a choil and many like that which is great . I understand why many don't like them . Limiting your market by never putting them in any models in your line up ? that's stupid advice . you open up more of the market by offering choices .
 
The finger choil works on the Zealot....but could you see it on a 7,A100 or even a Commander.....Uuugh
 
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