Playing with choppers and making chips

[Scottman]

I decided to pass some time on vacation working with some of my choppers making chips for the garden. It was a good pre work out />

Left to right: TSD bowie, tops power eagle, scrapyard 1311, cs 1/8 thick LTC kukri. 10 chops each.

TSD bowie with good edge geometry can take some heavy work.

Tops power eagle a good chopper.

Splitting a large piece with the LTC. This piece was devoured by the choppers making chips.

Scrapyard 1311 has too thick of an edge for ideal fine work, but can do somewhat of a decent job.

TSD bowie has superb edge geometry and handles fine work very very well. Very well balanced too for such a task.

 

[JayGoliath]

Which one do you like the most, the least and why?

 

[TheGame]

I love seeing choppers in action. Thanks for the pics.

 

[jdk1]

The 1/8" LTC is phenomenal. It's probably the best all round large blade I own. It's great at light vegetation and actually out chops every other chopper I have, and all that at 17 oz.. It bites so deep it's scary. Mine has been treated horribly and is still as functional and solid as as when I bought it in the '90s. Dropping it was probably the biggest mistake CS ever made IMHO. Take care.

 

[Scottman]

the LTC bites very deep. I"m still forming my opinions and thoughts.

 

[Scottman]

speaking of the thin LTC kukri look at this test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSlsYQC3Boc

the kuk machete is basically a cheaper steel LTC.