I’d like an AD, someday when I’m rich. But among the knives I own…
I prefer the MS over the SS4. I see no need for a choil on a 4” knife, and the MS comes closer to that. The space “lost” for the talon hole is at least acting as a guard, which I want on a fixed blade. (Knife Guy’s variant—applied to the AD or the MS—would be better still.) As far as using the handle, either the SS4 mudder or the MS micarta is fine. Use is one thing; for ED Carry, the MS handle is more compact and I like that.