TB users... prefer Choil or NO Choil?

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Dunner

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I wondered what people's impressions were on the no choil model. I am one of those ardent NO-Choil on small knives guys and have said 6" of blade is where I start considering the use of a choil.

I want to get a Tank Buster and am leaning toward NO Choil because I like the looks more, prefer more edge and it would be a less common blade in the Busse lineage.

What are your thoughts so far?
 
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RickJ
 
For a chopper like that, go with the choil. I think the TB is a great knife. And not many big Busses in satin that can be had for $387!!! (satin with black paper handles)
 
I like the Choil, I have a TB and have another on order. :D
 
IMHO, it depends on the intended use. For a fighter, I would want the swedge to aid penetration, no choil to snag on whatever you are cutting or to hang up when you pull it out of whatever you've stabbed, and the skull crusher pommel to do more damage when you strike with the other end of the knife. For a general utility blade, no swedge to aid batoning through larger wood or other material, a choil to allow choking up on the knife for finer work, (the scalloping on the spine of the Tank Buster seems made for that as a multi-position thumb rest), and the flat pommel or butt for pounding tent stakes and to allow you to baton the knife point first into whatever. Don't like serrations myself so I'd go for the plain blade in either configuration.
I got two no swedge, no choil, flat butt, plain edge figuring that I can have the shop grind the swedge, choil and skull popper if I want those but I think I'll just order another with no swedge, flat butt and with choil as a heavy duty general utility user. Just my $0.02.
Pete
 
pmsayre153 said:
IMHO, it depends on the intended use. For a fighter, I would want the swedge to aid penetration, no choil to snag on whatever you are cutting or to hang up when you pull it out of whatever you've stabbed, and the skull crusher pommel to do more damage when you strike with the other end of the knife. For a general utility blade, no swedge to aid batoning through larger wood or other material, a choil to allow choking up on the knife for finer work, (the scalloping on the spine of the Tank Buster seems made for that as a multi-position thumb rest), and the flat pommel or butt for pounding tent stakes and to allow you to baton the knife point first into whatever. Don't like serrations myself so I'd go for the plain blade in either configuration.
I got two no swedge, no choil, flat butt, plain edge figuring that I can have the shop grind the swedge, choil and skull popper if I want those but I think I'll just order another with no swedge, flat butt and with choil as a heavy duty general utility user. Just my $0.02.
Pete
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Pretty much. :D

I got 2, both with Choil, Skull crusher, one with a swedge, the other without. :thumbup:
 
Fighter: no choil, swedge and skull crusher

Tool: choil, no swedge, flat pommel
 
Pygmalion said:
For a small slicer, I prefer no choil, but for everything else I like a choil.
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I agree.

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you won't be disappointing with getting the no choil option. If I could get all busses without a choil, including the machete sizes and up I would.
 
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