I don't HATE choils, and I have knives where they are pretty handy. But for most tasks, I dislike them most of the time.
For example, if I'm trying to whittle a point or peel bark off a stick, I want the leverage I get by working with the part of the blade right next to the handle. If there's a choil, I have to use a section an inch or more from the handle, and I lose leverage. A royal PITA most of the time.
SO choke up on the choil, and it will work your hand can get even closer to the place of cutting with the choil no ricassico or anything.
So now instead of my nice comfy ergonomic handle, I'm choking up on a narrow piece of steel, with an uncomfortable split in my fingers, and probably the corner of the sharp edge poking me in the knuckle.
No thanks.
Choils are fine on big monster blades, but I much prefer blade all the way to the handle on smaller knives.
