Sharpening choil

[eveled]

I like mine

In the end that’s the most important thing.

 

[BTTLBRN]

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.

Same boat, same knife. The lack of choil is the only small nit I have with the SHF; I have sharpened mine a few times however and it wasn't too difficult to do - and no "smile" added. I defer to Mr Harsey and his design as to why he didn't include one; it could be just as simple as a lack of a snag point.

I like the look of the mod done by Kmikaz3 in this thread however, very nice!

 

[LimpCroissant]

It looks a lot more professional too lol. Not to critique what Bill Harsey intended but i like mine with choil lol

Yea I hear ya. That's the one thing I didn't like about the SHF when I first saw it. I wish he would have added a sharpening choil.

 

[Bob Denman]

Has anybody mentioned finger choils yet?

 

[shane45-1911]

Has anybody mentioned finger choils yet?

I add finger choils to some of my (bigger) knives as well.

 

[Bob Denman]

Let's you "choke up on the bat" a bit...

 

[Spey]

A sharpening choil is a deal breaker for me (have passed on a number of knives with such).
Some of us choose alternate realities.
It seemed this thread was lacking perspective ;-)

 

[Bob Denman]

Choil-less...

 

[000Robert]

A finger choil would probably be a deal breaker for me.

 

[Andy the Aussie]

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

..... yep I do however like a finger choil on my medium to large blades.