Mini Northstar?

StretchNM said:
If you're talking about the little "choil" notch on my Northstars, they didn;t come that way......
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OH, MAN! I am glad you said that!
I try to remember to mention all the mods I have done to a knife when I show a pic so as not to give the wrong impression. My apologies, guys.

Yes, I did that on mine too. I dressed the edge round of a wheel for my Dremmel to cut a 1/32" radius choil on these. It was the only way I could sharpen that last 3/8" of the blades and I like "edge" all the way up to the plunge line. Otherwise, you may as well have a long ricasso and I wouldn't have bought them if they did. Blah, blah, blah. Sorry.

They didn't come like that though and thanks for the reminder. I also always chamfer the inside of the lanyard tubes of all my knives - which I did on these.
 
Sorry guys, that's not a choil, that's just a sharpening notch!

Check out a Busse - now that's a choil! :thumbup:
 
Choil, …Now here’s a Choil:

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"If you're not living on the edge, …you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike
 
I don't have any Bark River Knives. I guess that is a mistake on my part. These are very nice.
 
Thanks for the replies guys I think this one will be my first Barkie. Now I just have to wait until I find out if the Holidays are going to suck my bank account dry.:(
 
Big Mike said:
Choil, …Now here’s a Choil:

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"If you're not living on the edge, …you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike
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Yup!

From Joe Talmadge:

- Choil

The choil is an unsharpened section of the blade. If a guard is present, the choil will be in front of the guard on the blade itself. The choil is often used as a way to choke up on the blade for close-in work. The index finger is placed in the choil, and this close proximity to the edge allows for greater control. In addition, the choil is just in front of where the blade itself becomes part of the handle, an area often prone to breakage due to the blade-handle juncture. The choil leaves this area at full thickness and thus stronger.
http://www.knifeart.com/cusknifen.html

A sharpening notch does not match Mr. Talmadge's description or purpose. The sharpening notch has a different purpose entirely - to eliminate the interference from the ricasso in sharpening the edge.

But both are a round cutout, eh?
 
Grampa said:
Yup!

From Joe Talmadge:

- Choil

The choil is an unsharpened section of the blade. If a guard is present, the choil will be in front of the guard on the blade itself. The choil is often used as a way to choke up on the blade for close-in work. The index finger is placed in the choil, and this close proximity to the edge allows for greater control. In addition, the choil is just in front of where the blade itself becomes part of the handle, an area often prone to breakage due to the blade-handle juncture. The choil leaves this area at full thickness and thus stronger.
http://www.knifeart.com/cusknifen.html

A sharpening notch does not match Mr. Talmadge's description or purpose. The sharpening notch has a different purpose entirely - to eliminate the interference from the ricasso in sharpening the edge.

But both are a round cutout, eh?
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It's still a choil.
 
It seems to be debatable; A.G.Russell’s site says:

Choil
The cut away area between the edge and the tang of a pocket knife blade and between the edge and the guard of a straight knife. The choil may or may not have enough space for a finger, it's true purpose is to allow the edge to be sharpened all the way to the tang in a pocket knife and to the end of the edge in others. Any reference of choil and finger space or choil and handle is improper.

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"If you're not living on the edge, …you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike
 
Big Mike said:
It seems to be debatable; A.G.Russell’s site says:

Choil
The cut away area between the edge and the tang of a pocket knife blade and between the edge and the guard of a straight knife. The choil may or may not have enough space for a finger, it's true purpose is to allow the edge to be sharpened all the way to the tang in a pocket knife and to the end of the edge in others. Any reference of choil and finger space or choil and handle is improper.

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"If you're not living on the edge, …you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike
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So, you're both right!:thumbup::D:thumbup::D
Now let's debate how to pronounce it!!:D
OK, I'll stop.;)
 
I think it's a matter of size. A Yugo is small and a Lincoln Towncar is large. They're both cars.
 
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