Help finding a stainless chopper

Kind of reminds me of those people who try and make trucks into sports cars, but to each his own. ;)

Yes, Condor makes some 420HC machetes that are pretty good. Stick with the lower-carbon, fine grained, more ductile stainless steels like 420HC, 12C27, AUS-8 and (if you have to) 440A and you'll be fine, but don't go for really thin edges. Stay the hell away from the ATS-34s, S30Vs, and VG-10s of the world, unless you have a REALLY thick edge---which of course would mean that they wouldn't chop very well.
 
Not really a SS, but CPM M4 is great in a large chopper - like the Benchmade 171 BladeSport 'Chopper', shown with a couple of BM folders and a CRK 'Nyala' for scale:

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A moose, for sure. Not a great neck knife - or veggie chopper...

Stainz
 
The Entrek Destroyer would be a good choice. A little light but gets the job done.
 
The Kershaw Outcast comes in D2. Not a true stainless but with 11.5% chromium its not bad. 10" blade and under $100.
 
Kershaw outcast in D2. the D2 is basically stainless and the coating reduces rust quite handily. an absolute beast of a knife. I don't won it, but i have several friends who have them and they work great. the only thing is that you may need a powered sharpening system to get it very sharp. d2 is a beast when it comes to sharpening.
 
I would advise against a stainless chopper. If I had to pick one, I'd go for the now 'unavailable' Blackjack Marauder MK2 which was fashioned in Japan by Blackjack knives some years previous. That knife sported a 15 inch, stainless kukri style blade. I doubt if you could even locate one these days, but they were superb choppers. I suspect they are also sky high IF you could even find one!

A cheaper route might be to get the Meyerco (Blackie Collins) Machete/Axe, which has a 12.5 inch stainless blade with a full tang construction. The one I have is a decent cutter/chopper but is not in the same ballpark as a high-carbon machete by any stroke of the imagination. The Meyerco is a stout blade and could be used in the survival/machete role with some success although this Chinese made knife has a 'mystery' tempering process surrounding it according to many who have used it: some keep a great edge and exhibit little deformation/chipping, others don't fare so well. You take your chances with this one, but it leaves some green in your pocketbook!

CS laminate products offer good corrosion protection. One of their upper level kukri designs might also be a viable option for you if you lean towards the San Mai crowd.
 
For a stainless chopper...Condor is the way to go. My 20" Viking machete has gone through more hard targets than I could even imagine, including handling batoning, and it's held up great and has not problem with edge retention.
 
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