Hoser wisdom eh'!??! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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.

Made me laugh, but it is kinda true. I love the SAR5 because there is NO choil.

The flip side of the argument is that a proper choil allows you to turn a big knife into a small knife and still retain the length for baton work or chopping. Many knives are just as comfortable in a choked up grip and Busse-kin is usually good about this.

For the record, in knives with a blade length of less than 4" I'm a choil hater; although I do like the semi-choil of the Mud Puppy.

ROTFLMAO! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

We can always use a good laugh!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

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.

YOWZA! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Hmmm. Maybe it is because I have small hands or maybe because of how I use my blades but I really prefer a choil on small knives and could take ‘em or leave ‘em on big choppers. 9.5 times out of 10 I am using my small knives for dressing out big game and as such I want as much tip control as possible. I feel like a choil does a good job of ‘reducing” the length of the blade so that I get as much control as possible, yet when I need more length/belly I can hold on the handle and have the best of both worlds (for me).

As far as my chopper goes (battle rat), I typically use that for batoning wood for the stove so the coil is really not needed. On a few occasions I have tried to whittle a bit with it around camp (using the choil), but I think I would have been just as happy to not have the coil there and use the handle.

The only time the choil has been a detriment to me is when I was filleting a few trout with the battle rat (not the best tool, but the only one I had) and the meat kinds slipped beyond the edge and into the choil making it kinda snag instead of slice.

Not trying to be contentious here, but does anyone else have stories of when (in use) they found the choil to be a negative?

Actually, they really come in handy when doing something like peeling an apple or some other intricate work...Other than that - I never use them either. Watch ole Noss peel his apples on Knifetests.com - He uses the choil while peeling the apple but not for anything else really- occasionally he uses it for the more intricate cuts in the strap..

My 2 cents <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

To each their own! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

nuttin beats a CHAINSAW

My chainsaw brings all the girls to the Yard, to the Yard.
My chainsaw brings all the girls to the yard,
And their like
It's better than ours,
[censored] right it's better than yours,
I can teach you,
But I have to charge

I know you want it,
The thing that makes me,
What the girls go crazy for.
They lose their minds,
The way I rev up Husky 3120XP,
I think its time

[Chorus x2]
La la-la la la,
Warm it up.
Lala-lalala,
The girls are waiting

My chainsaw brings all the girls to the yard,
And their like
It's better than yours,
[censored] right it's better than yours,
I can teach you,
But I have to charge

I can see your on it,
You want me to teach thee
Techniques that freaks these girls,
It can't be bought,
Just know, thieves get caught,
Watch if your smart,

[Chorus x2]
La la-la la la,
Warm it up,
La la-la la la,
The girls are waiting,

My chainsaw brings all the girls to the yard,
And their like
It's better than yours,
[censored] right it's better than yours,
I can teach you,
But I have to charge

Oh, once you get involved,
Everyone will look this way-so,
You must maintain your charm,
Same time maintain your halo,
Just get the perfect blend,
Plus what you have within,
Then next her eyes are squint,
Then she's picked up your scent,

[Chorus x2]
Lala-lalala,
Warm it up,
Lala-lalala,
The girls are waiting,

My chainsaw brings all the girls to the yard,
And their like
It's better than yours,
[censored] right it's better than yours,
I can teach you,
But I have to charge


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So like, I can picture you, Bob, and Doug McKenzie sitting there with a few cases of beer and singing that song, eh'! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />