Choils and "Spanish Notches" on Ethnographic weapons

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Originally Posted by Ian

Thanks Detlef. Those are pretty odd looking choppers. Does the narrow section on some of these between the blade and the hilt qualify as a ricasso (even though it is much narrower than the blade itself)?. Some of them obviously have finger notches (not the typical Spanish Notch however)--do they also have a choil?

I would describe it as finger notch, after the finger notch is a ver small section what you can describe as ricasso, I am unsure if you can describe this area as choil. When my time it allows I will take some close-ups.

Regards,
Detlef