24" Chopper

[Darrin Sanders]

Blade-Aldo's 5160, flat ground with belt finish on the bevels, mill finish on the flats, & convex edge. 15.75" from tip to scales, 2.375" wide @ widest, tapering to 1.625" @ the Ricasso, & 1/4" thick.
Handle-Green canvas Micarta, 8.25" long, 1.375" wide, & 5/8" thick. Scales are attached with standoffs & 8-32 button head screws and are removable. I can epoxy them on upon request.
Overall length is 24".
Blade was triple normalized for grain refinement, fully quenched, & triple tempered to HRC ~58.
Price-$250 shipped & insured in USA. Others pay actual charges. A leather sheath can be made to the buyers specs. for an additional $50.
Questions & comments welcomed.
Thanks for looking.

 

[Tbaggin]

That is awesome steel!

 

[bravodelta]

Requesting a spine shot please

 

[Darrin Sanders]

Spine shots added.

 

[Eliot]

Looks like we had the same idea of posting choppers at same time Darin,Nice one!

 

[Darrin Sanders]

Yep, just 7 minutes apart. Thanks for the compliment and yours is nice too. I also wanna say that you inspired me to make a few small blades with jigged bone. I'll be posting them soon.

 

[DanGraves]

GOOD GOSH! WHAT A CHOPPER!!!!!! YOU COULD ALSO CALL IT A LOPPER. Very nice Darrin and great choice of materials. Some one should snap that up quickly.

 

[Darrin Sanders]

Thanks Dan.

 

[Shawn Hatcher]

What a beast! Great job, Darrin. Heck of a price, too.:thumbup:

 

[Bob Armstrong]

Looks like a Jungle machete from Rambo 6! Are the handles 1/8" or 5/8" from your first post? Just curious because the handle spine appears thicker than the scales.

 

[Dinges]

Zombies beware:thumbup:

 

[Darrin Sanders]

Looks like a Jungle machete from Rambo 6! Are the handles 1/8" or 5/8" from your first post? Just curious because the handle spine appears thicker than the scales.

The handle is just a tad thicker than 5/8" total. I think the scale material is about .200" thick, give or take a few thousandths. I wear a Med.-Lg. size glove and it fills my hand perfectly.

 

[JAMerolle]

Nice Job Darrin , can you talk a little more about the heat treatment and what one can expect from your unconventional approach. I know you spend a lot of time experimenting for peek performance so what can we expected from this blade. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[Darrin Sanders]

**sold**