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Today I had a chance to take out my Busse Combat Terror Monkey Desert Storm Fighter (TM-DSF), and my Swamprat Chopweiler and M6 for an extremely mini-review on my porch of my condo -- I LOVE freaking out my neighbors!
The large pine tree in my backyard was being pruned today and I asked the tree trimming service if I could keep a few of the branches. They said no problem. Pine tree sap -- yum!
All three knives had a factory edge that was hair popping sharp. The M6 was the sharpest of the three.
In accordance with what I envision as use in a survival situation I chopped through a wrist / forearm sized log with each knife. I then took a piece of old, nasty, black firewood and battoned wrist sized pieces of wood off of the main log two times.
So... Each knife was used to chop through a wrist / forearm sized log once, using 30 chops, and then battoned twice through a piece of old, nasty, black firewood to make a wrist sized piece of wood. Why am I repeating myself? I don't know.
Observations...
Three knives at the beginning of the test -- brand spanking new and hair popping sharp!
Chopweiler after 30 chops.
TM-DSF after 30 chops.
M6 after 30 chops.
Group shot.
Left to Right -- M6, TM-DSF, Chopweiler after 30 chops.
Reverse group shot.
Nasty firewood to be battoned with batton on right. I didn't strip the batton because I wanted to see which knife would chew it up the most.
Post-Battoning.
Before cleanup...
After cleanup...
Overall...
The Chopweiler though the heaviest of the bunch didn't chop that much better than the TM-DSF which is lighter by nearly 5 ounces -- I found this interesting.
The M6 was the least efficient of all due to its size, weight, and the blade that thins out towards of the tip absolutely destroyed my baton.
My favorite part of these tests is finding out which handle I like the best... From simply fondling I ASS-UMED the Chopweiler would win out and the TM-DSF would be my least favorite as I generally like large sized handles on my knives.
Boy was I wrong!
The TM-DSF was the most comfortable of the bunch followed second by the Chopweiler and third by the M6.
At the end of the test all three knives were still shaving sharp along nearly the entire length of their blade -- that's a Busse and Kin for you!
My favorite of the three is the TM-DSF. It is lighter than the Chopweiler though doesn't sacrifice hardly any performance -- and it is INFI of course!
Regarding the finish -- all three maintained their finish with minimal wear. The TM-DSF finish was the easiest to clean with the M6 being the most difficult. The Chopweiler green finish was somewhere in between.
Please post questions as you have them. I will answer them as I can but right now I must go tend to my 9 week old daughter!
-Stan
The large pine tree in my backyard was being pruned today and I asked the tree trimming service if I could keep a few of the branches. They said no problem. Pine tree sap -- yum!
All three knives had a factory edge that was hair popping sharp. The M6 was the sharpest of the three.
In accordance with what I envision as use in a survival situation I chopped through a wrist / forearm sized log with each knife. I then took a piece of old, nasty, black firewood and battoned wrist sized pieces of wood off of the main log two times.
So... Each knife was used to chop through a wrist / forearm sized log once, using 30 chops, and then battoned twice through a piece of old, nasty, black firewood to make a wrist sized piece of wood. Why am I repeating myself? I don't know.
Observations...
Three knives at the beginning of the test -- brand spanking new and hair popping sharp!
Chopweiler after 30 chops.
TM-DSF after 30 chops.
M6 after 30 chops.
Group shot.
Left to Right -- M6, TM-DSF, Chopweiler after 30 chops.
Reverse group shot.
Nasty firewood to be battoned with batton on right. I didn't strip the batton because I wanted to see which knife would chew it up the most.
Post-Battoning.
Before cleanup...
After cleanup...
Overall...
The Chopweiler though the heaviest of the bunch didn't chop that much better than the TM-DSF which is lighter by nearly 5 ounces -- I found this interesting.
The M6 was the least efficient of all due to its size, weight, and the blade that thins out towards of the tip absolutely destroyed my baton.
My favorite part of these tests is finding out which handle I like the best... From simply fondling I ASS-UMED the Chopweiler would win out and the TM-DSF would be my least favorite as I generally like large sized handles on my knives.
Boy was I wrong!
The TM-DSF was the most comfortable of the bunch followed second by the Chopweiler and third by the M6.
At the end of the test all three knives were still shaving sharp along nearly the entire length of their blade -- that's a Busse and Kin for you!
My favorite of the three is the TM-DSF. It is lighter than the Chopweiler though doesn't sacrifice hardly any performance -- and it is INFI of course!
Regarding the finish -- all three maintained their finish with minimal wear. The TM-DSF finish was the easiest to clean with the M6 being the most difficult. The Chopweiler green finish was somewhere in between.
Please post questions as you have them. I will answer them as I can but right now I must go tend to my 9 week old daughter!
-Stan
