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Maybe I'm getting old, but I like to get the work done and have more beer time. Right tool for the job and all that.
as my dad would always say, work smart, not hard
Maybe I'm getting old, but I like to get the work done and have more beer time. Right tool for the job and all that.
I was thinking the Same.... I'm Always looking for a fun project....If you’re not using it, list it for sale!
I’d be interested! I love the Junglas!
Kershaw camp 10 is phenomenal. The handle is fantastic, the shape is dead on. If you want a cheap light chopper, you will not find a better one. The steel is made in china, and my brother cracked one in half at a defective spot by throwing it at a tree, but kershaw mailed back a new one. It will outchop the Junglas because of the big belly bolo shape and it's thinner behind the edge. For a cheap heavy chopper, get the condor bushcraft parang and take a ferrier's rasp to the big round handle. The ontario sp-53 is just a few bucks more than the camp-10, but is a great bolo knife with 1/4 inch thick 1075 that chops like an axe. I thinned the edge out and convexed my 5160 sp-53 and i love it. The skrama handle & steel is great for a unique versatile light chopper for about $75. Bk-9 is like the junglas, but more towards knife than machete and a steeper grind angle. OKC kukri chops like a champ too. If you want to sharpen your blade with a stone, you may want to go with a straight edged blade. That said, curves cut deeper.How does the Kershaw Camp 10 compare?
The Junglas is possibly the best bang-for-buck woods chopper on the market.
The Becker BK9 would like to have a word.
Edit: Sorry, hold on, phone's ringing.
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Hello? Oh, he's right here. Yeah, the Ontario RTAK2 would also like a word.
The Junglas is possibly the best bang-for-buck woods chopper on the market.
You want it to be thicker and weigh 8 oz less but be the same size?I like Esee knives and have a 4P, but the Junglas is on the thin side for me (prefer .25" or a little more at the spine) and does not have a finger choil, which makes a big chopper much more versatile, in my experience. It's also a little heavy for me. I prefer the weight of a knife this size to be closer to 1 lb. than 1.5 lbs.
This is just personal preference, though. The Junglas is a good knife.
You want it to be thicker and weigh 8 oz less but be the same size?
I never said there was.There is nothing secret, hidden, or difficult about finding knife weights on the internet.
There is nothing secret, hidden, or difficult about finding knife weights on the internet.
I never said there was.
I wonder why knives of the same size, but significantly thicker, would weigh so much less? Blade not as wide? Skeletonised handles? Big fuller on a hollow grind?
Magical infi?
It was not intended as a sarcastic comment but rather a question out of confusion because what you are asking for did not seem possible. Plus, it only takes well under a minute to find the weight of the JunglasMy point was that a few minutes of online research would have answered your question instead of making what I took to be a sarcastic comment.
I've wondered about this, too. The Junglas blade length and width are similar enough to my other big knives (none have fullers or hollow grinds) that it wouldn't account for several ounces of weight difference, and all my knives have full tangs, like the Junglas, except no extended tangs. I had a Junglas II at one time, which I believe is the same as the Junglas except for a 2" shorter blade. If I remember correctly, the handle and tang on the II was a bit longer than my other big knives, maybe to choke back on that end for more forward chopping force on the blade. I don't see where else the extra weight could come from.