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Well, here's my (current) idea of the perfect chopper (sorry for the poor pic quality, it's just a pic of the sketch):
The large pic is about actual size. It's about 18.5" long overall, with about a 12.35" blade. It would have a distal taper, starting out at around 1/4" or 5/16" thick and tapering to about 3/16" or so near the tip. I spent quite a while on the handle ergonomics, and while I can't be sure it would fit my hand unless I actally had one made, I feel it is pretty optimal for chopping, for me. The handle texture would be quite aggresive; I would probably use the Busse diamond quilting. BTW, the object below the bolo is a spine view of the handle. You may notice the handle material continues around the (rear) lanyard hole (on the rear guard) so the rear guard would not rub too much when chopping(this is purely theory of course). You may also notice I included a bird beak pommel. Also, the primary grind starts a little more forward than on most Busses so that the edge doesn't start right at the end of the finger cutout.
BTW, if you print it out actual size, you can get a more realistic impression of it, IMHO.
Just one of my dreams of a Busse custom (you may have noticed the Busse influence). We can all dream, can't
we
?
What do you guys think?
The large pic is about actual size. It's about 18.5" long overall, with about a 12.35" blade. It would have a distal taper, starting out at around 1/4" or 5/16" thick and tapering to about 3/16" or so near the tip. I spent quite a while on the handle ergonomics, and while I can't be sure it would fit my hand unless I actally had one made, I feel it is pretty optimal for chopping, for me. The handle texture would be quite aggresive; I would probably use the Busse diamond quilting. BTW, the object below the bolo is a spine view of the handle. You may notice the handle material continues around the (rear) lanyard hole (on the rear guard) so the rear guard would not rub too much when chopping(this is purely theory of course). You may also notice I included a bird beak pommel. Also, the primary grind starts a little more forward than on most Busses so that the edge doesn't start right at the end of the finger cutout.
BTW, if you print it out actual size, you can get a more realistic impression of it, IMHO.
Just one of my dreams of a Busse custom (you may have noticed the Busse influence). We can all dream, can't
we
?What do you guys think?
