Beckerhead's Other Choppers

Beastchopper said:
My 53 and 9 are favorites of mine too. It seems we have some similar tastes in blades. looked up getting an sp-51 after i saw you raving about it months ago, not knowing it was discontinued. What else rounds out the top of your list?[/QUOTE
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Well the Ontario SP-8 is a good hacker and whacker sharpened prybar, the SP-10 is a true good beater knife as a big hocking heavy blade but it also can do a lot and I use it when getting fatigued because it has a REAL Hilt and its SABER GROUND as well. SP-5 is a nice light weight FFG that starts at a 1/4 spine and does every thing a BK-9 can do. The SP Ontario Kukri Machete that, is an "American Type Kukri", does pretty goodly as well. But all the SPs I metioned have no pummeling pummel a.k.a. a Thumpin and Whumpin hilt as the BK-9 has. My only other ontario big chopper class that is as versatile as my BK-9 is my Ranger RD9 in 5160 and it maybe FFG but also has a pummeling pummel a.k.a. a Thumpin and Whumpin hilt but the RD9 has LONG been discontinued.

One other chopper I keep forgetting to mention is my BK-4. More multi-tool than the BK-9! But that is out of production as well...as is the BK-20 and BK-29...probably are better than the BK-9.

My medium go to chopper is my RD TANTO, if I break the tip I'll have the tip reground to a BK-2 type point, of which I'm thinking of getting an RD Tanto just for that a lone.

I consider the BK-2 my short go to chopper and jack of all trades blade. But we all know how fragile that skeletonized handle is when you keep doing your drop in liquid nitrogen and then bash it around tests on it every day!
 
Xr6x said:
I think he's just being sarcastic. At least I hope he is o_O
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I mean no disrespect. I like and appreciate that we have people posting here that may speak other languages natively. Frankly, I think it’s very cool. Sometimes the written word doesn’t translate intention well. Is someone actually messing with liquid nitrogen on their blades? Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
 
GeofS said:
I mean no disrespect. I like and appreciate that we have people posting here that may speak other languages natively. Frankly, I think it’s very cool. Sometimes the written word doesn’t translate intention well. Is someone actually messing with liquid nitrogen on their blades? Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
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I understand what your saying :thumbsup::thumbsup: and unfortunately you just never know what the hell someone is likely going to do to see if there Knife is up for being more than a Knife :p:p:p. I just figured you would have to be a total NUT-JOB to put your knife in liquid nitrogen and than bash it around . All though that would be COOL :D

Just kidding :thumbsup:
 
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GeofS said:
91bravo 91bravo , a few days ago, I swung it really hard into a tree stump. Did it about ten times. It bites hard! Afterward, before I sheathed it, I wiped it down with my shirt; the blade and edge showed virtually no wear. Awesome blade and steel. :thumbsup:
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You can probaby hit that stump a hundred more times, with very minimal damage. Nothing that a good stropping wouldn't take care of...
 
Mail call!
Just received the Plan A Bowie from Condor Knife and Tool. Designed by our very own Beckerhead #710 Julio Diez from Diez Knives.
A very capable knife indeed.
I’m really digging the Kuhkri type handle. Should lend very well when chopping. Feels great in the hand. Nice factory edge. Not to mention the very nice Kydex sheath. This is my first Condor knife and I’m pretty impressed!

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Condor makes some great blades. Julio’s blade looks fierce! :thumbsup:
 
I got this ugly as sin behemoth from that online site that sells the Skrama. It’s a Mil-Tech Bolo Machete and it was priced to sell. Figured I’d give it a shot as I was ordering other things already (FYI, their Särmä Assault Pack is very nice). They say it might be modeled after a Spetsnaz design. This piece of mystery stainless steel from China comes really sharp and prickly all around. Handle it with care. It also has a really crappy sheath. The grip is rough and the wooden handles will get rubberized grip tape very soon. That’ll make this more user friendly.

Thing with this is, it hits hard! The pic below was taken after 50+ hits into a maple log. I plan on using this for dirty work. :thumbsup:

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GeofS said:
I got this ugly as sin behemoth from that online site that sells the Skrama. It’s a Mil-Tech Bolo Machete and it was priced to sell. Figured I’d give it a shot as I was ordering other things already (FYI, their Särmä Assault Pack is very nice). They say it might be modeled after a Spetsnaz design. This piece of mystery stainless steel from China comes really sharp and prickly all around. Handle it with care. It also has a really crappy sheath. The grip is rough and the wooden handles will get rubberized grip tape very soon. That’ll make this more user friendly.

Thing with this is, it hits hard! The pic below was taken after 50+ hits into a maple log. I plan on using this for dirty work. :thumbsup:

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Looks like a beast, but that handle is hurting my hands already, haha.
 
GeofS said:
I got this ugly as sin behemoth from that online site that sells the Skrama. It’s a Mil-Tech Bolo Machete and it was priced to sell. Figured I’d give it a shot as I was ordering other things already (FYI, their Särmä Assault Pack is very nice). They say it might be modeled after a Spetsnaz design. This piece of mystery stainless steel from China comes really sharp and prickly all around. Handle it with care. It also has a really crappy sheath. The grip is rough and the wooden handles will get rubberized grip tape very soon. That’ll make this more user friendly.

Thing with this is, it hits hard! The pic below was taken after 50+ hits into a maple log. I plan on using this for dirty work. :thumbsup:

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I'm not sure whether to pull nails ... scale fish ... or flip my pancakes with that monster o_O
 
That Condor looks great, particularly the handle.:thumbsup:

Here’s an interesting chopper pattern, from the low end of the price scale which is actually very useful - the Cane Knife.

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(Pictured with a BK7 for scale.)

It performs very well for light to medium brush clearing, and the hook is quite convenient for manipulating and piling up cut material like thorny vines, and grubbing out roots.

The sweet spot’s near the end of the blade and it bites deep and accurately, with even a light swing. Interestingly, for a time tested knife design intended for professional chopping work, the blade stock is less than 2 mm thick. I measured it with calipers and it runs from about 1.8 to 1.6mm thick!

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It actually came with a reasonable edge bevel, unlike most stock machetes. A few minutes on the Sharpmaker, and the edge was razor sharp.

It cost less than $20 Australian - roughly $14 USD.

This is a knife pattern which I think would be quite cool to see an ‘improved’ production, or custom version of.
 
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Cambertree said:
That Condor looks great, particularly the handle.:thumbsup:

Here’s an interesting chopper pattern, from the low end of the price scale which is actually very useful - the Cane Knife.

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(Pictured with a BK7 for scale.)

It performs very well for light to medium brush clearing, and the hook is quite convenient for manipulating and piling up cut material like thorny vines, and grubbing out roots.

The sweet spot’s near the end of the blade and it bites deep and accurately, with even a light swing. Interestingly, for a time tested knife design intended for professional chopping work, the blade stock is less than 2 mm thick. I measured it with calipers and it runs from about 1.8 to 1.6mm thick!

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It actually came with a reasonable edge bevel, unlike most stock machetes. A few minutes on the Sharpmaker, and the edge was razor sharp.

It cost less than $20 Australian - roughly $14 USD.

This is a knife pattern which I think would be quite cool to see an ‘improved’ production, or custom version of.
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Good looking 7 :thumbsup:
 
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