I like the Talon hole but that is a fine looking blade without it.

The Talon hole allows for a safer lanyard especially on large knives but it can also be used to tie your knife to a stick to make a spear. I saw a show about the pygmy bushmen and they had a cheap machete blade tied to a stick and a very pissed off wild boar in the proccess of smashing their trap(made of sticks and vines)to pieces. The guys first strike bent the blade and just made the boar more mad. He was a good hunter though and had his blade bent back into shape and killed it nice and quick. He would have loved the AD with talon hole.

I have the same sort of issues with some of the "features" of the Busse kin knives. I would like to see thinner more practical cutting knives even if they were not covered by the warranty. lately I have been going to Spyderco and eyeing Barkies as a source of thinner sharper edges but I do really like the Yards heat treat and steel better.