Feelin choppy punk?

mneedham

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I was out back sickle-bar mowing this AM, and decided to cut out a couple of small pines... The chainsaw is quicker, but the Machax is more fun. Chopping through a small pine is no real feat, but I am impressed at the Machax's chopping ability. It doesn't hurt my hand at all, the grips are pretty smooth. I found the sweet spot to be closer the handle than I anticipated, be interested in what Doc-Canada thinks. I like this knife, Ethan Becker needs to make more of these!

Anyone else feeling choppy?

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Yep - I'm feeling a bit choppy. Problem is I have to go on Lake Erie today - and she's feeling a bit choppy too!

That thing is a beast looking at the thickness of it in profile. How heavy is it?
 
kgd said:
Yep - I'm feeling a bit choppy. Problem is I have to go on Lake Erie today - and she's feeling a bit choppy too!

That thing is a beast looking at the thickness of it in profile. How heavy is it?
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Surprisingly light, actually. My crap kitchen scale says about 18 oz., it is much lighter in the hand than you would think... Be careful on the lake!
 
Hey mn,
I agree about the sweet spot. Some think it would be at the widest part of the blade, but not so. Using it for a couple of minutes demonstrates that.

I can't remember, is yours the Cincinatti model or the Camillus one? The reason I ask is the handle feels much better on the Cincinatti model than the handle scales on my Camillus BK-7 although they're almost identical.

Did you ever see the review of the Machax in American Survival Guide, which is what prompted me to want one in the first place?

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It mentions how it is easy on the hands.

Doc
 
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Thats a cool article doc. It says it is sharpened to a more acute grind near the edge and more obtuse towards the tip for splitting. Maybe that is part of the reason it chops a bit better when you strike closer to the handle? What if you re-ground the tip section - or is the sweet spot definately a feel/balance thing?

mm - I'll be careful on L. Erie- actually I am camping out on a small uninhabitated island to collect sexually mature mayfly females for an experiment I'm running. I need them from this specific site because of the chemistry of the sediments they emerged from. I'm looking forward to it! They are going to drop me off on the island by boat and pick me up in the morning. I have an undergrad. student along for the ride to help me out.
 
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Thats a cool article doc. It says it is sharpened to a more acute grind near the edge and more obtuse towards the tip for splitting. Maybe that is part of the reason it chops a bit better when you strike closer to the handle? What if you re-ground the tip section - or is the sweet spot definately a feel/balance thing?
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It seems to be more of a weight distribution thing. The acute grind didn't extend to the sweet spot, or at least, it doesn't on mine. :rolleyes:

Ethan Becker, if you're reading this, I know that KaBar are going to be making the Becker line, but not the Machax or the BK-1. Why don't you make them, just like the originals? If so, put me down for 1 each.

Doc
 
Doc - Mine is Cincinnati model.

KGD - Actually sounds like a great time to me, good luck!

Pit - This knife may look like a beast, but feels very compact in the hand. I expected it to be much larger and heavier than it is...

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Ethan Becker - Doc is right!!!
 
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