5" Chopper?

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Brian6244

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What's the best chopper in a 5" blade? This blade MUST unquestionabley be below 5.5" for legal reasons. Hachets, axes, saws and machetes are also out for legal reasons.

I know I know.. a 5" knife isn't going to be a good chopper. Think of this like voting for politicians though... none of them would be your first choice but you still have to pick the best of the worst. ;)

I was out in the woods earlier today cutting a pole (about 3" diameter) with my SAK Farmer. For reasons that I won't go into (atleast in this thread) I had to get it cut pretty quick and the ole SAK wasn't workin nearly fast enough. I know I have had a couple 5.5" knives in the past (CRK fixed blades for just one example) that although they weren't "great" choppers, still would have gotten the job done much faster than the ole SAK farmer did on a 3" diameter pole.

After this experience I decided to go back to 5" bladed knife that will chop as well as possible. Weight, material, blade shape and cost are all negotiable but it must be a blade that no matter how you measure it, it is considered by all (especially the peace office and the judge) to be unquestionably below 5.5" in length.
 
My experience with 5" knives for chopping isn't all that great, at least in many of the woods I've tried them in. For many purposes, I'd rather baton a knife that size through than chop, although there are some things you can chop with that size. In most cases, I'd just as soon pick up a small high performance woodcraft knife as a 5" "chopper". What kind of chopping are you thinking you'll do with it?
 
Amen Boozoo, you beat me to it. The becker bk2 companion is by far and away the best chopper in that size knife.
 
bigbcustom said:
Amen Boozoo, you beat me to it. The becker bk2 companion is by far and away the best chopper in that size knife.
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Gosh. Holy bold statement Batman. I would assume that you have used all of the other knives in that size range for comparison?

I have no doubt that it is a good chopper and I'm not trying to be a dink, but might there be some knife out there, around the same size, that could outperform it?

I will admit though, for the price, it does seem like an excellent suggestion.:thumbup:
 
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Here is a classic military knife that was once issued to Spanish mountain division, and special forces. It was design for their extensive field survival course during the 1950s.

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Here's third vote for the Becker Campanion. Can't beat it for the price and what he wants it to do.

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Joe Talmadge said:
What kind of chopping are you thinking you'll do with it?
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Small diameter, green wood primarily. Nothing over 3" in diamter I would imagine, and often stuff that is around 1" diameter. I would hope it would go through the small stuff quickly. That's the situation I was in today that I want to avoid in the future. It wasn't that I was chopping something huge or well seasoned. It was that I needed to get through it much quicker than I was able to with the small saw.
 
I do own that knife, but I have owned 3 BRK&T knives. I very much like the knives. You may want to head over the knifeforums and pose the same question on the BRK&T forum. Mike Stewart may point you to a better chopper he makes. The clip point skinner may be a good choice too...
 
Dude, your laws SUCK! I'd really like to know which part of the world you're from. It's one heck of a lot easier to kill someone with a 5" knife than it is with a hatchet. (I would think, NOT from personal experience!)
 
If you go with thick stock, say 1/4" and a broad blade, 1 3/4" wide, it would have the heft to do a fair job at chopping. Of course a longer blade would definately be better.
Scott
 
The BRKT Sandstorm you showed balances a millimeter or two behind my index finger, awesome knife but if chopping were the primary mission, I'd want something with more weight forward.
 
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