Thumb Choil Jimping questions

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I was curious if anyone knew the advantages of adding jimping on the choil. Sure, it adds traction, but is that traction actually needed? After all, if you're using the choil, chances are that you're choking up on the blade to get more precise cuts. In my mind, none of these precise cuts should require a lot of force nor the traction that the choil jimping provide.

In short, What type of cutting tasks and/or actions (ie slicing, chopping, etc) are actually being benefited by the addition of choil jimping?

Edit: It's not called thumb choil. Just choil. Mods please edit the title to exclude the word "Thumb". Sorry for the confusion.

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Peeling an apple or other fruits: I find easier to do it if my knife (delica 4, para 2 or endura) has one.
 
Having jimping means you don't have to squeeze the knife as hard to prevent slipping. Even within a choil your finger is going to slip around if it doesn't have jimping and if you don't grip it hard. Sure, that slipping might only be slight and keep your finger within the choil so as not to result in your finger sliding out and hitting the blade, but I'd rather not have my fingers sliding around the knife at all (just for ease of use).
 
I don't believe that either the Delica 4 or Endura 4 have a choil let alone choil jimping. In case we're not referring to the same area on the knife, or my definitions are skewed, here's a picture of the area I'm referring to in my posts (using your Para-Military 2 as an example):

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Oh wait! It's just called a choil. Not a thumb choil. Let me change my posts
 
Is there any reason the choil jimping is creating a disadvantage in your eyes?

I don't know if it improves my grip on the knife (seems like it does), but it doesn't bother me that it's there.
 
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