Just what I’d need, yet another TG
I feel ya"!
I have found in using the TG that the upper guard isn’t that bad, either. Because of the way it is shaped, it works fine to have it nestled in the web between thumb and index, still allowing you to use your thumb on the back of the blade.
I have heard this said, and I am sure you are correct, though I have not obtained one to try it on for size. I used to love double guard/quillon knives, but lost that love long ago. I cannot for the life of me figure out the utility. Let's face it, as a rule, you and I do not engage in frequent extended knife fights or duels. As well, should one fine oneself in such an unlikely (and unlucky) scenario, one simply does not "catch" one's opponent's blade on the quillon. Myth.
One only needs one guard/talon (at most!) to prevent hand slippage onto the cutting edge under hard, wet use, so the other is superfluous.
Given that, I cannot justify having to find a method of use to get around the unnecessary (for me, for me) design element. Lots of great Busses without a double talon guard from which to choose.
But I am not criticizing anyone's choice. And for a "double," it is a fine, fine design and execution.
Interesting point about the CS. I really would consider such an order. As just indicated, I think the design is fantastic aside from that one (for me, fatal) element. I, too, think hard about my grinder when contemplating the TG
. Not like I am a stranger to home modding!