"Chopper" category?

McVeyMac · Jan 13, 2014

Survive GSO 10, if you can get one, Bark River Knives Bravo III, Swamp Rat Sykco 911.

Czechmate · Jan 13, 2014

Here are some pics for ya... The top one has a 13" blade for reference. :thumbup:

The Ontario RTAK ii is awesome, and cheap too!

The Kershaw camp series (top knife) are great as well and very economical. I've handled all three and ended up buying the 14, still want the 18 though.

bronyblacksmith · Jan 13, 2014

for customs I would check out
Steaphan Fowler http://fowlerblades.com/
Fletcher knives
Rick Marchand http://wildertools.net/

For production I would check Ka bar, swamp rat, and Ontario, and ESEE

jac_solar · Jan 14, 2014

What's this top one?

And what's the one in the middle? Is the second one from bottom a Busse FBM?

Czechmate · Jan 14, 2014

The top one is an unknown, supposedly in 1/4 5160 steel. It's quite a brute and it rusts easily so I can believe the 5160 part.

The middle one is a scrapyard dogfather, an amazingly comfortable to use beast in .280 thick s7 steel. The Busse is a nmfbm, it was a fun user while I had it but it's gone now....

jac_solar · Jan 14, 2014

Czechmate said:
The top one is an unknown, supposedly in 1/4 5160 steel. It's quite a brute and it rusts easily so I can believe the 5160 part.

The middle one is a scrapyard dogfather, an amazingly comfortable to use beast in .280 thick s7 steel. The Busse is a nmfbm, it was a fun user while I had it but it's gone now....

The top one you don't know the name of is exactly the kind of chopper I'm looking for. Do you, or anyone, know how much it'd cost to get such a knife custom made?

Camber · Jan 14, 2014

Czechmate said:
The top one is an unknown, supposedly in 1/4 5160 steel. It's quite a brute and it rusts easily so I can believe the 5160 part.

The middle one is a scrapyard dogfather, an amazingly comfortable to use beast in .280 thick s7 steel. The Busse is a nmfbm, it was a fun user while I had it but it's gone now....

Czechmate,

That top one if definitely from Sicily02 / Bryan Breedan, but he is no longer making knives as far as I know. He's very responsive to email though. If you send him one I'm sure he can confirm.

The Mastiff · Jan 14, 2014

Browning Crowell Barker Competition chopper 1084-85?

Svord Von Tempsky L6

Schrade / Taylor cutlery 1095/1070

Spartan Blades Horrigan (8.5") 3V

Fehrman 3V

marcinek · Jan 14, 2014

jac_solar said:
Camp knives is a very wide category of knives - choppers fall under them currently I suppose, but it'd be nice to have a separate, or at least sub "chopper" category. I didn't say camp knives are bowies, I said choppers (The ones I'm talking about.) are "bowies for the woods" - as in, long, thick, but made for chopping.

No. A "camp knife" is designed to do a wide variety of camp tasks, particularly chopping.

Loosearrow · Jan 14, 2014

Cashmore said:
Czechmate,

That top one if definitely from Sicily02 / Bryan Breedan, but he is no longer making knives as far as I know. He's very responsive to email though. If you send him one I'm sure he can confirm.

I didn't know he was no longer making knives. I did notice he was not posting anymore. Hope everything is O.K. He started making those large choppers and I liked them. He had been making knives out of 01.

Czechmate · Jan 14, 2014

jac_solar said:
The top one you don't know the name of is exactly the kind of chopper I'm looking for. Do you, or anyone, know how much it'd cost to get such a knife custom made?

Maybe try StormCrow or David Farmer as well, I know StormCrow definitely makes some cool choppers.:thumbup:

Cashmore said:
Czechmate,

That top one if definitely from Sicily02 / Bryan Breedan, but he is no longer making knives as far as I know. He's very responsive to email though. If you send him one I'm sure he can confirm.

Thanks Cashmore! I like the knife even more now knowing it's a Breedan...

Czechmate · Jan 14, 2014

Cell phone dbl post...

cutter17 · Jan 14, 2014

stabman said:
Sure they did.
All around the world.

The internet just lets people yak about them easier now, whether with praise or scorn.

A+. You hit the nail square on the head stabbie!

In other news; The Browning Crowell/Barker Competition chopper is intended to chop rope, but with the nice convex grind it makes a great chopper for all things that need chopping. Before my SCI I took mine out and tried it out n some fallen trees and it had no problem.

jac_solar · Jan 15, 2014

marcinek said:
No. A "camp knife" is designed to do a wide variety of camp tasks, particularly chopping.

Ok, thanks for the info.

not2sharp · Jan 15, 2014

idaho said:
They didn't existed earlier, because there is no real need for them.

There are many historical knives of similar sizes, but they are mostly large buther knives.

There are many modern designs that evolved strictly for "disposable income knives" market

That is incorrect. There have always been a wide range of large chopping knives, such as Khukuries, Bolos, Pangas, Fascine knives, Pioneer sidearms, hunting cleavers, butchering tools, etc. Not that long ago, these knives would have been an integral part of the kit for constructing field fortifications in most armies. Usually, Artillery guns would have been delivered with a supply of heavy machetes which would have been used by their crews to prepare field positions. Tools like these appear in most cultures. In agriculture we see a number of machete-like slashing tools with 1/4" thick blades often 14 to 18" long. It is only in modern times, with the advent of industrialization and urbanization that these heavy cutting tools begin to be replaced by powered mechanical devices. From a historical perspective these tools have been around for as long as there have been sticks and metals strong enough to make something that will chop them.

This massive Russian example from 1827 even had a sawback.

n2s