Chopping with the Big Boar Tusker..... and others.

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I've been thinking about chopper thickness recently and decided to do a comparison of a few of mine. Here is a quick video that my son whipped up for me.

I used the Gossman Big Boar Tusker which is 1/4" thick,
the Becker BK-9 at 3/16", and
the Farmer Camp Bolo at 1/8".

They all did a great job.

Personally, I find the Tusker to be the most versatile of the three knives, but this was a chopping comparison only, not a full blown knife review.

If chop count is important to you, here it is:

Gossman- 23
Becker- 27
Farmer-18


To be honest, I'm not that sure this video is proves much of anything except that all three of these knives are good choppers.

[video=youtube;uASBzer2wLY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uASBzer2wLY&feature=player_embedded[/video]
 
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Sweet video thanks for putting it up. I have to admit my BBT is my go to knife!! I also have a 5/16 9 1/2 inch blade Siegle that is a chopping machine it just is not as versatile as my BBT.I have used my BBT to gut skin and quarter whitetails. It is just so perfect for all jobs.You can definitely tell Scott is an outdoorsman because that comes through in all of his knives!
 
Hey beanbag, thanks for posting your vid. Good job. I was following your other thread. The Tusker is still going as the most requested. Finished one last week and just finished profiling, grinding, milling and shaping a guard for a 10" BBT.
Thanks Mike
Scott
 
Gossman Knives said:
Hey beanbag, thanks for posting your vid. Good job. I was following your other thread. The Tusker is still going as the most requested.
Scott
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Your welcome Scott.

I'm not surprised about the Tusker, It's an awesome knife. Not only is it a great chopper, but with your super sharp (and durable) edge, I can make great feather sticks and do other wood carving with ease. Also, ain't nothing can hold a candle to the BBT when it comes to batoning.
 
Even though it is considered a "chopper" I think the big blades should excell more at batoning then chopping. I would rather saw wood then split by batoning then try and chop pieces to be batoned. Get into very large wood well, the axe is king. Having a good grind/edge geometry on a big blade makes it a versitile cutter for fine work.
Scott
 
Your right.

I've done some other chopping vids where after I was done with the comparison, because people are always commenting "just use a saw," I used my Bahco folding saw and ripped through the wood in half the time.

I've also cross-grain batoned with the BBT, and that was really effective and easy.

I just like chopping and I do it for fun, exercise and sometimes because I actually have some chopping to do!
 
I know what you mean. I've done my share of chopping with a big blade. Two 25 ft. pine trees with an 8" Tusker and quartered up another dead pine using a WST. An effective method of chopping I use is to hold the piece you are going to chop vertically at an angle. You can bite in with more force and less effort.
Scott
 
Gossman Knives said:
An effective method of chopping I use is to hold the piece you are going to chop vertically at an angle. You can bite in with more force and less effort.
Scott
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I've seen your videos demonstrating that technique, and I've used it as well.

I'm not sure it's the best way to chop for testing purposes, but I seem to do a fair share of chopping tests/videos, so maybe I'll give it a whirl on the 'tube one of these days..
 
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