B13 chopping

[littlehoot]

Sorry no video. I decided to take the BG version, and attack the brush growing in an old flowers bed, before it went rabid and attacked the neighborhood. Lots of small trees, 2-4 inch in diameter. Mostly sweet gum, sumac, sassafrass, and black cherry.

Even the lighter BG version bites well, often 1.5+ inches with good aim on my part. The RES c worked well in reducing felt impact, but I went bare handed, which was a mistake. I quickly rubbed and burst a friction blister. Light, tight gloves would have prevented this probably.

No noticeable reduction in sharpness, even after the cherry.

At least it's broken in.

 

[PeteyTwoPointOne]

yup unless you have hands of granite, even a lite chopping session with res-c will blister your hand...but that's the trade off for great grip...NO REGRETS!!!!

 

[littlehoot]

Lesson learned.

 

[inkynate]

Yeah, I learned early on that res-c can blister my hands in no time if I'm swinging hard, but it's all good. Gloves make the grip feel a bit fuller and more secure to me anyway. Thanks for the report.

 

[DamascusBowie]

yup unless you have hands of granite, even a lite chopping session with res-c will blister your hand...but that's the trade off for great grip...NO REGRETS!!!!

This is of great interest to me as I find that resiprene is most forgiving during heavy chopping. Both my regulator and bb13 have never even given me any discomfort during chopping, whereas my mountainmandu beats up my hands after a while.

Maybe Im just not swinging the blades hard enough though

 

[inkynate]

In my case, I'd agree that Res-c is the most forgiving in terms of shock/vibration and the handle is very comfortable for my hands, but without gloves I'll get blisters without even really feeling it.

I blame my soft, girly desk-job hands since I got out of manual labor about 10yrs ago, but I'm glad to hear it's not just me.

 

[Skrapmetal]

yup unless you have hands of granite, even a lite chopping session with res-c will blister your hand...but that's the trade off for great grip...NO REGRETS!!!!

My hands really aren't anywhere near as calloused-up as they used to be now that I work at a desk, but I've never had any blisters from Res-C.

 

[littlehoot]

In my case, I'd agree that Res-c is the most forgiving in terms of shock/vibration and the handle is very comfortable for my hands, but without gloves I'll get blisters without even really feeling it.

I blame my soft, girly desk-job hands since I got out of manual labor about 10yrs ago, but I'm glad to hear it's not just me.

This is pretty much what happened. I didn't feel the blister until it burst and was raw.