Due to budget restraints and my ability to part with a few folders, I was able to score just enough for a Browning Competition Knife. I have read the many reviews on this just being a better than average chopper. Sure the Busse Battle Mistress is a monster when it comes to chopping, but with the price tag, it is out of reach for many of us.
If you are like me, you love the woods, and working for your camp fire is just as much relaxing as it is entertaining.
I am going to be building a fire pit this spring in the backyard, but I am short on firewood. Living in a townhome, makes some of these undertakings a bit of a challenge, but I love them none the less.
So I come home the other day to find my neighbor clearing out the brush and trees on the side of his house. He is loading it into a pick-up and hauling it to the dump. As you can imagine, I yell stop, I will take it all!!!!
He was in a hurry to get it all cleared out, so I grabbed my trusty Dewalt 36 volt sawzall with a tree pruning blade, and went to work stacking wood.
The next day, the Browning was called into duty. I began batoning the wood that I had cut into pieces, and then proceeded into the backyard to deal with the larger limbs and old Christmas tree that he had.
The Browning zipped through the limbs on these tree remains like a beaver that hadn't eaten in a month. I was amazed at the single swings that went through 2 inch plus thick limbs. In no time, I had chopped kindling, small logs, and batoned plenty of wood for my fire pot on the deck. I couldn't be more pleased with this blade. It still has a mean edge on it, and won't take much to get it popping hairs again.
I will reserve the chopping of cinder blocks, piercing sheet metal, and smashing with the 3 lb. maul for others to do. My Browing "Beaver" will see many of trips to the woods and campsite.
I have a Kershaw Outcast that I have changed the edge profile, and it cuts great now, but the Browning was a true pleasure to do work with.
I did find that the factory handles were quite boxy, and with some sandpaper and some time, I rounded them out nicely, and it fits like a glove now. No more hot spots when using without gloves.
I highly recommend this knife to any interested in picking one up. You will be pleased.
I have attached a few pics. Notice the stack of pine that is not split. You will see many pieces that were cut clean with a single swing.
Fan club started!
If you are like me, you love the woods, and working for your camp fire is just as much relaxing as it is entertaining.
I am going to be building a fire pit this spring in the backyard, but I am short on firewood. Living in a townhome, makes some of these undertakings a bit of a challenge, but I love them none the less.
So I come home the other day to find my neighbor clearing out the brush and trees on the side of his house. He is loading it into a pick-up and hauling it to the dump. As you can imagine, I yell stop, I will take it all!!!!
He was in a hurry to get it all cleared out, so I grabbed my trusty Dewalt 36 volt sawzall with a tree pruning blade, and went to work stacking wood.
The next day, the Browning was called into duty. I began batoning the wood that I had cut into pieces, and then proceeded into the backyard to deal with the larger limbs and old Christmas tree that he had.
The Browning zipped through the limbs on these tree remains like a beaver that hadn't eaten in a month. I was amazed at the single swings that went through 2 inch plus thick limbs. In no time, I had chopped kindling, small logs, and batoned plenty of wood for my fire pot on the deck. I couldn't be more pleased with this blade. It still has a mean edge on it, and won't take much to get it popping hairs again.
I will reserve the chopping of cinder blocks, piercing sheet metal, and smashing with the 3 lb. maul for others to do. My Browing "Beaver" will see many of trips to the woods and campsite.
I have a Kershaw Outcast that I have changed the edge profile, and it cuts great now, but the Browning was a true pleasure to do work with.
I did find that the factory handles were quite boxy, and with some sandpaper and some time, I rounded them out nicely, and it fits like a glove now. No more hot spots when using without gloves.
I highly recommend this knife to any interested in picking one up. You will be pleased.
I have attached a few pics. Notice the stack of pine that is not split. You will see many pieces that were cut clean with a single swing.
Fan club started!
