CLOSED, PRE-ORDER, 10" Choppers

Nathan the Machinist said:
This pre-order will open at 5:00 eastern time.

This is the new Light Chopper. It's basically a thinned down, narrower version of the old Medium Chopper, which is one of the best knives we've ever produced. Wildly under rated.



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The LC and SC are an exercise in geometry, weight distribution and ergonomics to make choppers that hit well above their weight. We make the knives that win almost every cutting competition that we attend. We have our process dialed in and we make some of the best knives of their kind in the world. Our 10" choppers are what set us on this path. They are legendary.

The LC is a large woods knife, with a 10" blade that weighs 18.7 oz that is somewhere between a machete and a camp knife. It's light enough to be carried on a long hike without weighing you down and it's engineered for performance when you go to use it. This is a very practical choice.

It's light enough and long enough to develop tip speed to cut thinner vegetation that heavy choppers struggle with. But when you put it to work in the big stuff you'll find that it hits hard and bites deep and it won't wear you out.

It will come with our final version of the chopper handle design that has proven itself to be among the best handles for a chopper in the industry.

The hand grip works great as a camp knife when held towards the front with good balance and dexterity. When held towards the back it fully fills the hand and offers control and reduced hand and forearm fatigue for extended hard chopping. It has been designed and refined and evolved by people who really know their stuff.


While we're setup for it, we'll go ahead and do some of the Medium Choppers as well. Well... "Standard Choppers" now....

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The MC needs no introduction here.

Going forward the MC is going to be our standard 10" chopper pattern, so I'm calling this build the "10" Standard Chopper" rather than MC. They're the same thing, but going forward, I'm changing the nomenclature to reflect our line of light, standard, and heavy 10" choppers.

The LC is the more refined tool here because it is less laborious to use as a camp knife and you can generate more flick speed with it and cut lighter targets. But it doesn't have the power or durability of the SC, which is a very good compromise. We're not producing the HC at this time.

These have a forward lanyard hole as used in competition cuts. They come with a high quality kydex sheath. They are all field grade, milled and tumbled with visible tool and grind marks.

Specs:
The LC is taken down to only .020" before sharpening and is somewhat fragile when used by inexperienced cutters. The SC is a more moderate .030". Neither will break on you, but you can catch a bent primary if you whack something crooked enough.
Delta 3V, 60-61 HRC, .188 - .220" thick at ricasso
Total length 16"
Blade length 10"
Weight 18.7-21.1 oz
Edge angle 20 DPS
Grippy 3D machined scales in micarta or TeroTuf
18-8 stainless steel fasteners


Basic vanilla configuration, includes a very nice kydex sheath, does not include shipping:
$690 in canvas micarta, black or natural


Optional add ons available in addition to plain vanilla:
Make my 10" LC a 10" SC $60
Shiny machined 6-4 (high strength grade 5) Titanium fasteners $20
Shiny machined 6-4 (high strength grade 5) Titanium fasteners that are pretty and blue $30


Scales, substitute for basic micarta:
Black Linen micarta $10
OD green canvas micarta $10
Double Black Canvas micarta $10
Burlap micarta $20
Blue canvas micarta (looks like denim) $20
Double red canvas (maroon, limited quantities) micarta $20
Double Black Linen micarta $20
Terotuf (grey, OD green, Bright Green or Orange) $20
Tri-color Canvas micarta $30
Scarlet linen micarta $30
Double Red and Black linen micarta $30
International Paper Brand Vintage Micarta $30 <---- this would be my choice
Edge cut antique Micarta $125



Shipping in the USA is $15. Multiples do not accrue additional shipping.


Here is the order process:

I'm going to take full payment non-refundable in advance. Once your order is confirmed there are no refunds, changes or cancellations other than accommodations for change of address.

These will ship as they're finished in mostly the order that they are ordered in this thread. As I'm building them, half of them will go to this pre-order and the other half will be sold in regular sales. This means you will see knives being sold while you're waiting for yours.

If you're ordering a knife in this pre-order: post in this thread first and then send an email to Jo at jocarothers (at) gmail (dot) com with this subject line: "10" Chopper preorder" and include your post# in that subject line.

Please include the following information in your email:

1: Your post number on this pre-order thread.

2: Bladeforums name. (for example "Jo the Machinist")

3: Real Name.

4: PayPal email address so we can send a paypal invoice (or ask about other payment options)

5: Shipping address.

6: Any special instructions.

Once we receive this information, if everything is there, Jo will send you a PayPal invoice. If information is missing or you have additional questions, Jo will reply to your email. When your email is read and processed we will send you a reply letting you know we've received your information.

Please pay your paypal invoice within one month, otherwise we will need to cancel your order.

Jo, Bo, Mark, Ben, Tanto, Trevor Abby and Freck and I appreciate all of your continued interest in our work and your support.

Thanks for looking.
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2 LC please,
1 Buffed Burlap with Gold Ti Hardware
1 Buffed Blue canvas micarta with Blue Ti Hardware

2 SC please
1 buffed black Double Black Canvas micarta, stainless hardware
1 buffed crusty International Paper Brand Vintage Micarta, shiny Ti hardware

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