I got them too, and while nice, the choil is a big bummer for me. the smaller blade is nice, but really not that much different from the scrapavore but with a choil. the larger one is nice too, kinda like a mora bushcraft triflex, but with a choil that hurts a lot of the usefulness... for me at least. The handle is very nice and especially with the finger guard I really don't understand why those choils keep showing up. I get that the blade says SYKCO and not damonkco on it, but sometimes I feel like the bussekin choil on small blades is the knife-world equivalent of obamacare (something that looks good on the outside but no-one who actually works really wants). Maybe I am off, and maybe Elmax is really great stuff (first knife I have had with it). But my first impressions leave me thinking that I'll likely sell these off as well, which is a bummer for me as I could see how both blades would have had outstanding potential as a game processors w/o that silly choil. still love that Scrap Muk though as the ultimate processor! again, one man's initial view, take it FWIW.
I hear ya. No Choil would've been cool, but I tend to rarely get up into the belly of the blade while processing game such that the choil would cause any problems for me. I am confident these will excel for me...much more than a Muk of any sorts (I just personally can't "work" a muk, the swept back blade profile just screws with me...it's a personal thing). Still TBD if they'll offset the Gene Ingram's, but surely they will having the leading edge in PTPR. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />