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Short knives, no choil. Long knives, no choil. Middling knives, choil.

Up to a five inch knife, no choil. Honestly, how many of you have trouble with tip control on a five incher?



Again, maybe it is just how I use my knives, but I really need more control for skinning on a five inch (and less blade). I typically take either the Howling Rat, SS4, or even tried the Safari Skinner once and all of those would have been much less useful (for me) sans choil. In fact, if there was a knife about an inch shorter than those with a choil, I think that would be the perfect skinning knife (for me). I remember when I first saw the mud puppy I about wet myself thinking that would be "almost perfect" (especially w/ the mudders)... if only it was a bit skinnier stock. Problem is that I'm not sure where I was when they released it so I got no love. I doubt it will ever happen but a MP made out of SR101 that was less than 3/16 thick would probably be the last (hunting) knife I ever bought <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" /> ...think there is a hope for a CG <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/footinmouth.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />?

I think there are two issues here. One is, can you control the tip of a 5” knife without a choil?

The other is, do you want a 5” knife for skinning? I haven’t hunted in years, but when I did I used a shorter knife myself. That isn’t about tip control, it’s about using the right tool for the job.