Sharpening choil

[pvicenzi]

Is the lack of a sharpening choil on a prospective knife a dealbreaker? I just bought a knife I otherwise love, that lacks a sharpening choil. It bothers me a bit. It is a Spartan Harsey.

 

[knarfeng]

Is the lack of a sharpening choil on a prospective knife a dealbreaker? I just bought a knife I otherwise love, that lacks a sharpening choil. It bothers me a bit. It is a Spartan Harsey.

The lack is not a deal breaker for me, although I prefer them.

 

[MolokaiRider]

Not a deal breaker, but I do like when a maker creates a clean termination of the edge grind.

When they just taper off it looks bad and sorta lazy.

 

[The Zieg]

Not a deal breaker for me, either. I think the classic Harsey blade design seldom, if ever, features a sharpening choil.

Zieg

 

[shane45-1911]

Not a deal breaker. I add my own.

 

[eveled]

I’d rather add my own than have one that is too big. I try to avoid sweeping grinds. Too hard to add a sharpening choil.

 

[Centermass]

I agree that having one is nice, but it’s not a complete dealbreaker if a nice enough knife doesn’t have one.

 

[shane45-1911]

Too hard to add a sharpening choil.

Do you mean "NOT too hard...."?

 

[LimpCroissant]

I usually like them also. Especially the long drawn out choils that go all the way to the front of the scales like on a Sebenza. However I like those mainly for aesthetics. You can always add a choil if you wanted. I put a little choil on my Kershaw OD1. I did it with the stones on my Sharpmaker. It was a slow process though so I figured I'd just do a little bit each time I sharpened it. I do however really like the Spartan SHF because it's not like every other Ti framelock. I really like that it doesn't have a steel lockbar insert and does it well. I also didn't like the lack of choil when I first saw them but it's grown on me. I just looked at mine and it does look like it's going to be a little bit of a pain to sharpen though. What I usually do on knives like that is put a small zip tie around the blade where I want the edge to stop and them I sharpen right up and almost into the zip tie. That will give you a nice clean line.

 

[Wandering_About]

Doesn't really matter to me either way.

 

[craytab]

Not a deal breaker at all, but I'd like to have one.

 

[Sharpoholic]

Not a deal breaker, takes 5 minutes max to add one. Also I find many sharpening choils snaggy for the things I cut. I prefer mine to be shallow or slope towards the blade at a angle so even if what I’m cutting ends up in the choil it slides towards the blade.

 

[eveled]

Do you mean "NOT too hard...."?

No I was saying why I don’t like sweeping grinds. Its too hard to add a sharpening choil to a sweeping grind, without it being too large.

Sorry sometimes my thoughts don’t turn into words that well.

 

[unwisefool]

Is the lack of a sharpening choil on a prospective knife a dealbreaker? I just bought a knife I otherwise love, that lacks a sharpening choil. It bothers me a bit. It is a Spartan Harsey.

Nope, it's a plus for me.

 

[000Robert]

I prefer a sharpening choil, but it wouldn't be a deal breaker most of the time.

 

[pvicenzi]

Nope, it's a plus for me.

Ya, I know some people don't like them. Either way, I guess it is a nitpick. I wouldn't even care on a less expensive knife.

 

[Ajack60]

Not a deal breaker, I just have to be careful sharpening one without one.

 

[Kmikaz3]

Can always add on yourself

 

[HexY3co]

Easy to add one but I don't worry if there isn't one and don't always add one.

 

[luethge]

Can always add on yourself

Good job