Its got finger grooves both sides just the picture playing trick with ya .....2..I just really like the smooth bone look more my style...3..Not sure about EDC though i'm going back and forth on using it.I bought it as a Heir loom hand me down kinda thing but then i listened to a guy tell a story about how there was no money he'd ever take to sell his dads hand me down knife.That had no real money value but the fact it was his working knife and the wear and tear is what he loved about it...Made rethink using it because it was gonna be on display only really.Plus why put S30V steel on it if i'm not gonna use it right

It wasn't super expensive compared to some knives it was a reasonable $137.00