• The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
    Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
    Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.

  • Today marks the 24th anniversary of 9/11. I pray that this nation does not forget the loss of lives from this horrible event. Yesterday conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was murdered, and I worry about what is to come. Please love one another and your family in these trying times - Spark

Looking for 14" OAL chopper - or thereabouts

Binalith

Binalith

Joined
Apr 22, 2012
Messages
391
ok so I'm looking for a 14"-ish chopper. I'm looking at Scrapyard 911 and Ontario SP51 primarily. What other suggestions do people have. I feel like this a large category so I'm hoping someone will surprise me with something I haven't considered or seen. I do prefer saber grind because I like heavy choppers and I am probably going to stick with production and under and around 200 bucks. Thanks.
 
There's also the KA-BAR Heavy Bowie. If you're willing to go up to 15" OAL you could include the Becker BK9, and the Ontario SP10. And if you check amazon for occasional sales you could probably get all three of them for the $200.
 
Esee Junglas. Well under 200. Sabre grind. Perfect chopper. Gauranteed FOREVER! Here's mine. Been using it for about 2 years now. My custom G10 scales. Stripped blade.

2l0eg.jpg
[/IMG]
 
One more. This a better pic.
17elp3.jpg
[/IMG]
 
after owning and using several large "choppers" thru the years, the best advice I can give is to get a Junglas and be done with it.
 
I have a Scrapyard 1111 that is a nice chopper! I would recommend this.
 
I'm not trying to be snide but I truly don't understand the concept of a large chopper. why not get a nice belt hawk or hatchet that is around the same size?
 
yeah, I know there is a love for choppers out there. just don't understand it. my apologies for appearing to hijack your thread. should start my own thread if I want to discuss the philosophy behind it. enjoy
 
mrynecy said:
I'm not trying to be snide but I truly don't understand the concept of a large chopper. why not get a nice belt hawk or hatchet that is around the same size?
Click to expand...

Because you can chop and clear a trail with it.
Plus, it's a big knife, and lots of people here (me included) like big knives. :)

I also recommend the Junglas.

Or, if you want to go a little bigger, the Condor Golok chops nicely, is value priced, and comes with a nice leather sheath.
 
The Browning/Crowell competition cutter is a nice chopper in that size range.
It's actually a great chopper with a nice convex edge and a very good sheath.
 
mrynecy said:
yeah, I know there is a love for choppers out there. just don't understand it. my apologies for appearing to hijack your thread. should start my own thread if I want to discuss the philosophy behind it. enjoy
Click to expand...

It's cool. I have used axes all my life, it's just a different school of woodsmanship. or sometimes just a different stage i think many old school frontiersmen that carried big knives would carry an axe head and make a haft when they got to their hunting camp. the 'hudson bay' pattern, you may have heard of, was an early version lots of fur trappers used.
 
Last edited:
Take a look at the Browning Crowell/Barker Competition. It is 15" oal, flat ground with a very nice, and very strong convex ground edge, constructed from 1085 carbon steel. It has a satin finish that will patina out at some point, either through use, or a forced patina. Comes with leather sheath, but the sheath is like the those in the 1800's that have a stud which catches on your belt, and a belt carrier that the sheath slides into so it can be carried on your belt, but it has no retaining strap. This knife begs for a kydex rig!:thumbup::)

 
I would pick a SYKCO 911 over the Junglas or BK9 and certainly over the SP51. The 911 is famous for having one of the most, if not the most comfortable handle for chopping and batoning. Further I would prefer the SR101 of SYKCO over 1095, 1095CV and 5160. (911 overall lenght 14.5"; weight 16.5 oz.)

Otherwise, if you are willing to pay more, you could look at some awesome CPM 3V from Survive! or Fehrman (GSO-10, Final Judgment, Extreme Judgment).
 
Depending on what you're planning to use the knife for, a Cold Steel Gurkha Kukri might be a good choice. It's 17" OAL and 22 ounces, so it may be a bit bigger than you're looking for, but mine chops wood as well as axes 2 times its weight and can baton through massive logs. That said it's very front heavy (as all kukris are, it makes them excellent choppers), so isn't going to be very useful for much outside of its intended role of chopping. It's also pretty expensive at around $160-$170 for a 12 inch SK-5 steel blade, but I have come to really love mine despite my dislike of CS and their mall ninja marketing. Alternatively, you could acquire a more traditional kukri from Himalayan Imports or one of the other popular kukri vendors, though these tend to be even heavier and may be a bit less consistent in their quality control (though you get a fully handmade traditional knife, and they look much cooler).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top