I keep thinking, if you just ground off the front talon section flush with the micarta, the ASH1LE would make a great kitchen knife. DANG!
Heck, strip and sand and then do the front-choil-mohel to a Skinny ASH.
Hmmmmmmmmm. . . . I could sell my NICK and get TWO skinnies. Wow. Have my gunsmith do the choil-mohel. HMMMM. . . get me a nice smallish chef's knife for the cabin and one still at home.