Are they all going to have emoto?
I don't like western handles with emoto.
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The "neck" that sticks out before the heel of the knife, on westerns the heel usually drops straight from the bolsters.
Google is my friend.
http://zknives.com/knives/kitchen/misc/jbladeant.shtml
OK then now that I know what emoto is I'll say no even though my above finished example show this as being a false statement. That was a messed up lost heel and made due with what was left over knife. Normally I would bring the front of the bolster/ferrule up to where the front of the bolster would normally be seen on a western.
Cool. My only beef with wa-to-western conversions is that they always leave the emoto, and it just feels like and awkward little bottleneck on the knife.