anybody like choppers?

[wnease]

So the name of this piece sounds a lot like "Godzilla"...

A two handed giant cleaver!





Will easily chop a 2 by 4 in one swipe... I know this can be done with smaller blades but this does it easily!

overall length: 32.5" (17" blade)

maximum blade thickness: 0.255" including coating

weight: 5lb 7oz (BP +2")

sheath/scabbard: 14oz shield leather (black)

 

[JayGoliath]

5160 steel? Wow this cleaver+ axe is scary!

 

[Dirtbiker]

That's an outdoor twist on the classic beef splitter blade. Well done.

 

[chuxwan]

Whoa. Video? I'm so curious to see this beast in action.

 

[Klok]

That is less cleaver more short sword, freaking beastly.

 

[wnease]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgG9BFVry7M

before the final finish...

 

[SBranson]

Geez William, that is impressive.

[youtube]fgG9BFVry7M[/youtube]

 

[Lorien]

'freaking beastly'- sounds about right to me! That's a wild piece of hardware

 

[Bigfattyt]

SO cool!

I have been desiring a big beef splitter for a while!

 

[peterinct]

CHOPPER extraordinaire! It certainly can do some HEAVY chopping.

At over 5 lbs, that is also a beefy tool.

Peter

 

[Sled]

Awesome - handle coating? Will you be selling these?

 

[wnease]

Thanks everyone,

It's a bit heavy for me so I was thinking about making a smaller version... I must be getting conservative in my old age!

As a regular model in my line-up I don't know... it's a big piece of steel...hmmmn

The handle slabs on this one are carved acrylic (none of my composite sheets were large enough!) but I think a gnarly wood with some carving would be better.

BTW I forgot to mention that this is spring tempered for unbreakable-ness, so I carbidized the edge for wear resistance.

 

[JCoutts]

That thing is AWESOME, I love the look of it and watching you split the 2x4 in the video was impressive. It looks like it is giving you a heck of a workout from swinging it.