I like the "no choil" option...and the "hammer" butt shape...that first wave to the spine though looks too near for my thumb to have a comfortable alignment along the spine in order to benefit from the lack of choil with a fine carving grip...I think I would have preferred a flat spine similar to the 3B2...and given I have a 3B2 I probably will settle for keeping this and pass on this one...much as the "no choil" option and a bit of customising on the spine could probably give me what I want...hard to tell perhaps at this stage... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />