Chuck, Thanks...perhaps my Theory on the Chinook is wrong than. And would not act like the others I mentioned, specifically the Emerson. I have never had a Chinook, so I was going purely on theory for the Chinook effectiveness.chuck_roxas45 wrote:Hasn't been my experience with the chinook 3 with the cutting dummy tests I did. Dr. Snubnose says the chinook 1 and 2 do much better so it's probably not a characteristic of trailing points. I've also marked with sharpie the edge and did some pressure cutting tests on the chinook 3 and it seems that effective edge length is only around 2 inches.
The emerson has a straighter belly as do the chinook 1 and 2.
No debate here, just a discussion of a statement you made.
That said, I still think its an excellent knife and still want one.