Best chopper under $100. What do you say?

For $100 you could buy 2 Kabar long bowies, and they are well worth it. I've had one for a couple of years and I can't say enough good things about it. The only flaw with it, in my opinion, is the sheath is sub-par.
 
Ontario Spec Plus Marine Raider Bowie is a lot of knife for 50 bucks and change,you could get one of those and a Eswing 3/4 ax for well under a hundred.

I'm a big HI khukuri fan as well.
 
I do like the kabar's for the money, I agree the sheaths could be better. I really am looking towards higher end knives like the browning others mentioned, or the trailmaster. As much as I would love to step up to the busse/junkyard league of choppers, their price and availability frighten me.

I am somewhat torn on which direction to take. I don't own anything just to look at. All of my knives are tools and I use them accordingly. I don't abuse them, but I don't baby them either. In the past I would have gone with the kabar without hesitation, but now I am leaning towards the "higher" end. (I know $100 is not a "high end" end knife to many, but I'm easing into this.)

I know it is bad form to change the rules mid game, but I think I would be willing to go as high as $150 for the right knife.
 
The OKC Ranger series should give a good bang for the buck. Great chopper with excellent handling in other camp usage without feeling too unwieldy as can be common with big blades... very, very robust design and good 5160 steel too.

I have 2 from Justin, one real big and one midsize. I like them alot :)

And...So far there are no reports of bad OKC Ranger blades with quality control issues or flaws of anykind and Justin Gingrich from Ranger Knives has said he's very tight with Ontario in keeping QC specs up to his own standards, including a solid heat treat recipe. That should be good enough on anyone's book :thumbup: and this gives these knives the chance they deserve without the "heritage" from other Ontario knives.
 
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Go with the Becker BK-9. It's a great chopper, and useful for other camp chores, too. As a bonus, it comes with a BK-13 in the sheath, which is good for smaller, more delicate tasks.
 
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Colubrid, did yours come with a leather or kydex sheath? :D
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My guess is naugahyde for that pimp ride! :thumbup:

Since the khuk design ain't quite what the OP wants, and I'm still ignorant to their precise intentions for this chopper, I'll say the golok kelapa is a pretty chop-worthy design for the size too, at AUS$60:

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I used my CS Trailmaster in Colorado this past week. I did not think I would have to use it, but ended up using it numerous times to baton some wood for the campfire and it worked superbly. Mine is one of the new SK5 ones that I picked up on the forum (I think for $60). I was extremely pleased with its performance - awesome knife. No doubt there are better choppers, but they couldn't be by much.
 
The Browning is a great chopper. I took mine out in a head to head with my BRKT Golok. The golok did a small bit better at chopping, but not that much better. The golok has more weight at the tip which I think accounts for some of it. For the money the Browning Competition cutter is a big winner.
It comes with a nice leather sheath that can be used with or without the frog.
All in all a very nice package.:thumbup:
 
For the money, The Buck "Intruder Pig sticker" is a pretty good deal. Good and thick for some heft and a real good feeling grip!

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i would go with the rat cutlery, either the rc-5 or rc-6, both are excellent hard use knives and you cannot beat the warranty.

look on the exchange here and go to the dealer product section and look at the mlesshootingsports thread, free shipping and excellent customer serv, i have ordered from him before.
 
I've been eye-ing the browning chopper. where's the best place to get it?

I would not get the Outcast. It is sexy looking but is not a good chopper, IMO...lack of weight, heavily recurved blade limits the sweet spot and makes it a bit difficult to resharpen and the handle is too thin and angular in some places for me (uncomfortable).
 
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I've been eye-ing the browning chopper. where's the best place to get it?

I would not get the Outcast. It is sexy looking but is not a good chopper, IMO...lack of weight, heavily recurved blade limits the sweet spot and makes it a bit difficult to resharpen and the handle is too thin and angular in some places for me (uncomfortable).
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I found mine on ebay for around 100
 
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