Hatchets are better than big fixed blades. Change my mind.

Hatchets are better than big fixed blades

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This thread reminds me that there are many roads to Dublin, there's more than one way to skin a cat, and that Mother Teresa would bitch slap the lot of you. ☺️

If you came here for an argument...you came to the right place. 🤠🍻

(Hurt feelings will be attended to in the medical tent. Please have your insurance cards and I.D. handy)
 
the CS Trailmaster is more suited to the chop than a SRK even the recon scout is though it really is more of a fighter size. Busse battle mistress would be a step up.
 
HexY3co said:
the CS Trailmaster is more suited to the chop than a SRK even the recon scout is though it really is more of a fighter size. Busse battle mistress would be a step up.
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That's a $500 knife and not available new any more.

What they make now seems to be:


The rest are either too small or too expensive or out of production.
 
Smaug said:
That's a $500 knife and not available new any more.

What they make now seems to be:


The rest are either too small or too expensive or out of production.
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They still make them, they’re available. $350 from a supporting vendor, in CPM-3V. Earlier reports of over grinding the primary grind into the spine, though. I have seen at least one more recent report of that being corrected.
 
I have multiple hatchets, axes, splitting mauls, folding as well as bow saws and have owned numerous big 9-10 choppers. All have their place and that certainly varies depending upon who you talk to but I can unequivocally state that for “ME and me only” none of those brings the smile to my face like wrapping my fingers around a beast like this and swinging it. NONE!
There is one for sale on the exchange right now for much less than new. Yep, it’s expensive to some.
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10 pages, REALLY. I thought I liked to talk. 🙄
 
Blues said:
(Hurt feelings will be attended to in the medical tent. Please have your insurance cards and I.D. handy)
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"Doc, my feelings were hurt on the knife forum, woh is me!"

"Have you tried buying a new knife?"

"It was a big knife vs axe vs hatchet vs machete thread."

"I see, so you don't know which to buy. Here's what I prescribe. Buy a hatchet. Buy an axe. Buy a big knaf. Buy a machete. Try them. Sell or dispose of what you don't like. Used saves you money, probably can find a deal on a bundle from the other guys who've been prescribed this."

"That seems wasteful."

"Consider it an entertainment expense. Trust me, it will be fun. And then you'll know for the next hatchet vs knife vs loppers vs axe vs saw vs sawzall vs machete vs lightsaber vs big knife thread and you won't get your feelings hurt any more. Simples. And all of those will probably cost less than a dr. visit."
 
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Smaug said:
Ah, OK.

To me, a large blade is 6". (as on the SRK) I guess it's because I usually carry a folder in the 3 to 3-1/4" blade size. (and/or a SAK in the 2-3" range)

What is a good value chopper? Chopper equivalent of the Morakniv?

Does it pay to buy better blade steel in a chopper? Seems like it would chip easily... Maybe something harder than the Sandvik 14c that Mora uses, but still very tough...
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Chopping knives that I prefer have at least a 10” blade. I also prefer either a simple carbon steel or stainless. I like them to be soft enough to be filed. “Better” steel is often a detriment in a large chopper. They don’t go full from wear. They go dull from damage. If they cut wood or related material they can hold an edge for a long time. Start cutting saplings near the ground and they’ll dull quickly from dirt in the wood, but so will anything else.
 
Mineral Mountain makes both hatchets and some nice choppers for non-crazy prices. For the price of some of the suggestions in this thread, you could get one of each from MM and experiment, and still have beer money left over. Nice beer.
 
BigMoney said:
I don't want to read this whole thread, can some one just tell me which one is better? Thanks. ;)
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It's quite simple. A hatchet is better than a chopper knife so long as the chopper is 6" or under and not meant to chop. An axe is better than a hatchet which may or may not be better than a chopper (see point one). However the axe is less convenient than a hatchet unless it's a small axe. A small axe is generally better than a chopper unless you are working in tight places or you need to be mindful of what you are packing, in that case you should have just gone with a hatchet instead of the axe, but keep in mind that your choice may or may not be more effective depending on the chopper you could have brought with the length of the blade being over 6" and closer to 10", which at that point you should just have packed the hatchet. However, if you can pack the hatchet you should just go ahead and pack a small axe instead, which is going to be more cumbersome than a chopper would be.

Make sense?
 
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