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To Choil, Or Not To Choil....

I don't like choils on small knives, but i love them on larger ones, like the 5.

just my .02 sense
 
Chopping...never. Carving trap triggers, notching...etc....always. This is assuming I only have the one knife. If I have a smaller knife I use it instead of choking up on the chopper. A choil on a small knife is a waste of blade.
 
SaturatedShadow said:
In general, I loathe, despise, and abhor choils. Choils attempt to solve the problem of distance between handle and edge by creating more distance between handle and edge. I find this illogical.
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Amen. I'd rather give up an inch of blade length overall to get that inch back near the handle. I also don't see why a maker would waste time and money putting scales on just to make the user NOT use the scales. :confused: I can accept them on big knives that have a weight forward balance but have yet to find them useful for anything.
 
I like choils for larger blades. For general chopping I like to do the opposite of choking up on it and just hold the base of the handle with two fingers. For very light chopping I use a standard hammer grip. And for fine work that isn't fine enough for me to switch to a smaller blade I choke up on it and use the choil if it's there.

However it's not a huge loss if the knife doesn't have a choil. I'm fine either way :)
 
Just can't stand them, all my years as a meat cutter and I have never seen a choil on a working blade. Family of outdoorsmen that hunt every year and not a choiled hunting knife to be seen.
My esee's are an exception.....the first choiled knives I bought and the last. I like them but edge to the handle would be perfect.
I pine longingly for a bk-5 and its tweener with a full usable edge. Love the design of them.

"A KNIFE CHOILED IS A KNIFE SPOILED" someday my quote will be ranked with Ben Franklins classic "There was never a good knife made of bad steel"
 
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