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Vampyrewolf: The Wegner C48 doesn't seem to have any sort of choil. Maybe there's some misunderstanding here. The choil on the Chinook doesn't seem to be very pronounced, and wouldn't seem to offer the sort of finger protection I'm talking about. The sort of pronounced choil I'm talking about, for finger protection on accidental blade closure, is found on the Native and the Buck Odyssey. I have both of those. Great knives. Look at these models and you'll see what I'm refering to. I wish more knives had choils like theirs.
As to thickness of blade stock, the Wegner is a little thinner than the Chinook, Military and Starmate. I have a Starmate.
 
Marty123,

I like your taste in knives because those are the kind I like too.The Ones where the finger choil has a area where your index finger wraps around.
You'll hear a lot of talk around here about the Wegner (c48) and it's long finger choil.I own a Wegner it does have a long choil but it is not designed for your finger to rest on the choil itself,like the Native or say the Dragonfly.
The truth be known my small Spydie Dragonfly has a longer finger choil than the full size Wegner.

Spyderco has a possible new knife coming(was called Lynx) out that looks similiar to the C48 but has (I believe) a finger choil designed like the native where your finger rest on the choil itself.This is in my opinion a much better handle design for a EDC knife.Don't get me wrong the Wegner is a wonderful hunting knife and is designed for the purpose of gutting and skinning of game.
 
Marty123> are you thinking of the same part?

I'm talking about the large, unsharpened area, between the cutting edge, and the pivot.

Even on my C49, Wegner JR, it is about 1/2-3/4" long.
 
Regarding a folder with a choil that would preclude injuries in the event of an accidental closure, you need look no further than the Strider custom folder. Not only is the choil large enough to accommodate a finger, but it's also curved. In fact, choking up a bit on the handle and placing your index finger into the choil cutout is one of my preferred methods of using this folder. In either case, if you could somehow induce those huge, thick liners to fail, your finger would simply get squeezed between the choil and handle.

As to the larger issue at hand, I believe the original prototype of the MT Amphibian was designed such that the blade could be easily opened with one hand, but, due to a secondary cam-lock safety, required two hands to close.
 
As large as the choil is Bronco, there is still some risk to getting cut. However, if you look at the flipper on the M16, the flipper would act as secondary protection should the lock fail. The blade is plenty far away from the hand. A longer one might be better, however, the added length would hinder a smooth draw from the pocket. Now if CRKT can only make on with BG-42 clip point blade and carbon fiber handles i'd be happy.
 
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