Getting to know the TGLB.

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thumbtack01

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So when I unboxed it it looked nice. When I held it, it felt foreign and odd in my hand. I was a bit disappointed. Had to work so I did not get to do much more then that. To be fair, I had been used to the res-c handle on the basic 11, the hourglass handle on the TGLB was weird to me. But I messed with it some and now I like the way it sits now that I understand it better. So tonight boy scouts will be coming over to light a fire and use their knives, two activities they are oddly not allowed to do. I'm finally getting to beat on the knife some today in preperation. I'll post pics as I'm able, the photo bucket/phone thing messes me up some.
 
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Okay, got done with what I wanted to do in an hour. So far I have to say that the TGLB is not the knife I want it to be yet. It's extremely tough, that blade finish is crazy tough, but out of the box it lacks. It had a very hard time chopping pine. It would bounce off when I chopped with it, and it had a difficult time battoning. I think this is due to its thickness. I had the Basic 11 out with it to. Compared and that thing is a working chop monster. It also is very capable of fine work. So far the TGLB has only been good at cutting paper. Not saying it's a bad knife at all, but it needs work. With that in mind, the basic 11 will be coming with on my Swamp adventure to Caddo Lake next month. As for the TGLB, has anyone experienced the same thing, and if so what was the fix? Thanks and Pic's coming.
 
I had the same issue with it not chopping well and glancing and bouncing off. Its grind is very thick. I reprofiled mine (I have a post on it in this forum) and thinned the edge out. Now it performs like a champ! Chops like a beast and is also very slicy!
 
Okay here go's,

This is out of the box.

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And the rest is an hour worth of working.

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It bound up here, but to be fair, that stupid pine log has bound up and broken a few knives. It even stopped the Basic 11. Had to rescue both with a wedge and mallet

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So there it is, the TGLB's first time out. Pleas forgive the picture quality and sloppy posting.
 
Snakebreaker said:
I had the same issue with it not chopping well and glancing and bouncing off. Its grind is very thick. I reprofiled mine (I have a post on it in this forum) and thinned the edge out. Now it performs like a champ! Chops like a beast and is also very slicy!
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Lol had the same issue with a Hoodlum way back when. I redid that one, but made it to steep and the edge cracked. With this one I would like to find a balance between the two. I'll tell you though, if a guy needed an example of a sharpened pry bar the TGLB is it. Strong ass knife. No wobble other flex, it just goes it's way in and through.
 
I'm a poor redneck. ...so I just took some sandpaper to the coating and used a little extra elbow grease towards the edge.....made it better. Although I found that a TG without the fuller adds a tad more energy to swings during chopping. But. ...I'm the guy that if ever in need of anything more than a TGLB I'll grab my Stihl MS 260.
 
zombieassassin said:
I'm a poor redneck. ...so I just took some sandpaper to the coating and used a little extra elbow grease towards the edge.....made it better. Although I found that a TG without the fuller adds a tad more energy to swings during chopping. But. ...I'm the guy that if ever in need of anything more than a TGLB I'll grab my Stihl MS 260.[/QUOT

I may give that a try. I will mess with it. Great knife though and I really want it to work..
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zombieassassin said:
I'm a poor redneck. ...so I just took some sandpaper to the coating and used a little extra elbow grease towards the edge.....made it better. Although I found that a TG without the fuller adds a tad more energy to swings during chopping. But. ...I'm the guy that if ever in need of anything more than a TGLB I'll grab my Stihl MS 260.
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haha, I'mm the same. Got more wood than you can get through in a couple chops with whatever knife is at hand? Bring out the chainsaw!
 
thumbtack01 said:
So tonight boy scouts will be coming over to light a fire and use their knives, two activities they are oddly not allowed to do.
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Welcome to the current trend of feminization of the American male, before long everybody will be sporting female genitalia on this planet..... :thumbup:

thumbtack01 said:
It had a very hard time chopping pine. It would bounce off when I chopped with it, and it had a difficult time battoning. I think this is due to its thickness. I had the Basic 11 out with it to. Compared and that thing is a working chop monster. It also is very capable of fine work. So far the TGLB has only been good at cutting paper. Not saying it's a bad knife at all, but it needs work.
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This has been my experience with pretty much any coated Busse & Kin I have ever seen, IMO due primarily to the obtuse edge geometry, heavy shoulder and thick coating. I can't help but ask if the B11 has seen a regrind of the primary grind or reprofile of the edge at all?
 
Red Angel Dragnet said:
Welcome to the current trend of feminization of the American male, before long everybody will be sporting female genitalia on this planet..... :thumbup:



This has been my experience with pretty much any coated Busse & Kin I have ever seen, IMO due primarily to the obtuse edge geometry, heavy shoulder and thick coating. I can't help but ask if the B11 has seen a regrind of the primary grind or reprofile of the edge at all?
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Honestly I don't know. You would have to ask Hindsight as I bought it from him. As far as I k own it was stock. It had a virgin coating until I got it. It was sticky in wood at first, but as the coating went it got much better. The TGLB, just has a really tough time.
 
Didn't have any problems chopping or batoning with my TGLB on maple branches and pine both. And I did nothing to the factory coating or the edge. Chopped so well the Estwing hatchet came out of my "get home bag" to save some weight as the TGLB can do the job!:D
 
thumbtack01 said:
Honestly I don't know. You would have to ask Hindsight as I bought it from him. As far as I k own it was stock. It had a virgin coating until I got it. It was sticky in wood at first, but as the coating went it got much better. The TGLB, just has a really tough time.
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The B11 has the advantage of mass distribution on it's side over the TGLB. It weighs only slightly more than TGLB, but it's mass is distributed more forward which helps a great deal with performance. Also, as the coating smooths friction should be lowered increased cutting ability.
 
JDE101 said:
Didn't have any problems chopping or batoning with my TGLB on maple branches and pine both. And I did nothing to the factory coating or the edge. Chopped so well the Estwing hatchet came out of my "get home bag" to save some weight as the TGLB can do the job!:D
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All I can say is that chopping performace is comparative, so comparing your TGLB to a cruddy hatchet means little IMO. Not a diss to Estwing by any means, merely saying that I find hatchets to be poor chopping tools in general.
 
You will see once you get in there and remove some material there how it will help out with chopping and slicing.
 
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