Gso 8

B34NS said:
what does a choil do for you guys? Photos?
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Finger-sized choil lets me get right up to the edge on the blade for more power carving/cutting, but also gives me a longer blade for when I need it (e.g. chopping). A sharpening-choil lets me sharpen the edge all the way to the plunge, but it can get caught in material during some cuts.

GSO-10
[video=youtube;ZvAq4H7ktSk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvAq4H7ktSk[/video]

GSO-5.1 (skip to ~3:00)

[video=youtube;bIx2zaqWim8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIx2zaqWim8[/video]

In the NeckerII video, note how the choil occasionally gets caught in the cuts (e.g. 1:30)

[video=youtube;O-z66ajgeCo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-z66ajgeCo[/video]
 
Some people sayyou can choke up on the blade. Honestly I don't see the point except in longer blades were the point of balance is very forward
 
I love the sharpening choil. I won't own a knife without it. But there's nothing that I do that I need to be THAT close to the beginning of the edge that justifies a finger choil
 
Chiral, i just ordered a necker II and cant wait to get it. Watching your video makes me want it even more!
 
I also ordered the necker II, couldn't pass up that deal. Now I'm seriously looking at the new 7/7 pre-order too, specs look great and I like that .180" thickness.
 
straightwalls said:
I also ordered the necker II, couldn't pass up that deal. Now I'm seriously looking at the new 7/7 pre-order too, specs look great and I like that .180" thickness.
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I had a 7/7 from the original preorder. It was a sweet blade, but I like the 5.1 better. The balance on the 7/7 felt too tip forward. The 5.1 was perfect for me. I felt that the extra inch of blade wasnt worth the trade off when it came to the perfect balance of the 5.1. When you choke up on the 5.1 with the choil it become very light in the blade and you have exact control for fine notching and feather sticking. I felt like the 7/7 was better suited to a mixed use fighter/survival knife due to that little extra length. It came down to this for me. The 7/7 had no advantage over the 5.1. The 5.1 handled better and carried easier. Just my personal preference. That said... I may order a 7/7 again, because I regretted selling it. On my 1-10 rating scale of my if I could only have 1 knife, the 5.1 is a 10 and the 7/7 was a 9.
 
Lets make a real camp knife! 1/4 thick and 2 inches wide! Shorten the GSO 10, raise the tip a little, no choil, sabre grind, and you would have it.
 
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I completely agree with the above post !
Although a choil could be useful with a forward heavy 8 inch blade
I voye for a choil on this model !
 
I'm having a really hard time talking myself out of a starter 7/7 in order to get an 8 later on. The big thing I'm wondering about is this choil situation.

Guy, are you able to spill the beans on this one aspect of your knife?
 
We can still dream right :D
I'm starting to get seriously interested in either the GSO 8 or an updated GSO 10. The GSO 12 looks awesome but too large for my intended use
 
SURVIVE! said:
What I had in mind and am working on currently is a bridge between the GSO-7/7 and the GSO-10. A slightly downswept handle, which is ergonomic for some chopping but still all above the cutting line, so that the edge can all make surface contact without handle interference. The blade so far is just over 8", with a height of about 1.75". The tip is higher, so that it can be easily utilized for batoning work, something I imagine being useful in a longer blade like this. I am working on fine tuning the thickness of all knife models in the future, rather than sticking with "industry standard" stock thicknesses.
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I'm in the market for an 8" blade, and this might be the one. I want something that can be used for light chopping and batoning, yet can also be used for lighter cutting tasks such as making tent stakes or wood shavings. I would still couple it with a small fixed-blade, but this is definitely a size that I want to try.
 
SURVIVE! said:
What I had in mind and am working on currently is a bridge between the GSO-7/7 and the GSO-10. A slightly downswept handle, which is ergonomic for some chopping but still all above the cutting line, so that the edge can all make surface contact without handle interference. The blade so far is just over 8", with a height of about 1.75". The tip is higher, so that it can be easily utilized for batoning work, something I imagine being useful in a longer blade like this. I am working on fine tuning the thickness of all knife models in the future, rather than sticking with "industry standard" stock thicknesses.
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Let's go for 2" wide!
 
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