Pointless thread - just some bad pics of my afternoon's light chopping

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There is no point to this thread other than to post a few bad cellphone pics of my afternoon chopping. The backpack was already packed from this weekend when we cleared some trails in the woods for the neighborhood kids' motorcycles and 4-wheelers.

While walking the pups for the last few days I have been eye-ing the resin seeping out of a broken pine. Then, earlier today in another thread, someone asked about pocket chain-saws. I had used mine on the weekend and it was already in the pack so I thought I would just grab the pack and go take some pics for him and collect some resin.

I just had my cellphone for pics so they are very bad but I thought I would post them for those of you who like to look at pointless threads of knives in the woods.

As I was leaving the house I found a package in the mailbox - a beautiful Orange Victorinox Cadet. I have an old logo SAK arriving tomorrow so I will grab that from the mailbox as I head out chopping again tomorrow.

My young son also had fun chopping, sawing everything in sight with the Vic OHT and climbing trees.

As always, the pups did try to turn the chopping into a game by attacking my chopping arm and the knife but thankfully they were easily distracted in the woods.

I am leaving the pack stocked and will take it out regularly so I can test my favorite choppers. I so wish that Jerry would make an 11" ASH Whacker blade with a B10 handle. The ASH Whacker is a super efficient chopper and the B10 handle is very comfortable.

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awesome GSDs, boy and girl? Oh, you couldn't resist taking pics of the new one- that ASHWHACKER. very nice score
 
Pointless?

You don't need to have a reason to go out and chop stuff, then share pictures of your good time. We all love tree carnage :thumbup:
 
Hey, the dog on the left has one broken ear!!! ;) :D

Thanks for the pix of your outing.

What model number is that Benchmade cleaver? I really like the looks of the handle on that one, plus the tapered tang to make it all the more nose-heavy.
(Never mind, I found it --- model 171 Osborne Competition Knife.)
 
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Good day in the woods indeed!!! Thanks for the pics and still like those Shepards, great dogs...
 
Thanks for the comments everyone.

Re. the pups. Yes they are boy and girl, brother and sister. She does have a lazy ear. She can raise it properly but seems to drop it easily. They are only 8 months old so I still have a faint hope that the ear will lift properly. But no big deal if it doesn't - I am not going to glue it or assist it. I told her that you said her ear is broken and she was embarrassed so she asked me to post this pic.

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Bag o' knives indeed. There are a bunch of smaller ones in there that aren't visible + folding saw.

Re. chopping performance. The BM 171 is the best chopper. You can put a lot of power into the swing without getting too much shock or vibration. It chops like a small axe.

The ASH Whacker is however the most efficient I think. What I mean by that is that it cuts the deepest and easiest of all these knives. It is the "slicer of choppers". But unlike the BM 171 and the Res-C handled knives the shock and vibration limits the amount of power you can put into it for extended periods. I intentionally test without gloves, padding, bicycle tubes etc. Also the 9.5 inch is long but not long enough for my chopping preferences.

I slightly prefer the B10 handle over the B11 handle.

But the B11 is still my favorite chopper and the one I reach for more than any other because it is light, long, great balance for a chopper, chops very well and the Res-C handle makes it comfortable to use for extended periods, even in very cold weather.

So like I hinted in the first post. My fantasy chopper would be an 11" ASH Whacker blade with a B10 handle. A further fantasy would be to have two versions of that handle; one in Res-C and the other in the horse-stall mat material like the BM 171 as it is a little softer and seems to be more shock-absorbing.
 
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Looks like you had a blast!

How do you like the pocket chain saw? I had been thinking about getting one of those.
 
Nice- I love my pocket chainsaw for mountain biking- fits in the camelback easier than a big blade and it's tons lighter.
 
Great pictures! Your pups are so cute! Especially the one with the lazy ear! :thumbup:
 
HEy HEy HEy! Being a hound myself....If that dame came through my yard I wouldnt throw her out of the bed, er-RUFF, the yard! You know what I mean?:eek:

She's gorgeous:thumbup:

:foot::eek:;):D
 
Thanks Pokey & Trevor. She is adorable. Super intelligent & unlike her rather aloof, goofy, Rasta, "yeah whatever" attitude brother, she is very intense and already very protective of her brother and human family.

I think the Saber Cut Saw is superb. What I like about it is that you can use your entire upper body in the cut, only slightly bending your arms and twisting your torso & shoulders. It is a very powerful cut that spreads the effort across many muscles so you don't fatigue your arms or shoulders as quickly as with other cutting tools. It cuts in both directions so there is very little wasted energy. And of course no shock and vibration to the hands.

On a performance / weight basis, I think it is at the top of my backpacking tools list and I am convinced that I can probably cross-cut faster with it than anything else, at least on reasonably thick pieces of wood (like the first pic below) - i.e. not the ones that a good chopper or axe would get through in one or two strikes (like the second pic below).

This was only a few seconds worth of cutting:

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I cut through this with 8 strokes total (4 in each direction) Actually 7 and a half because I started in the middle on the first :D. Probably took 4 or 5 seconds. This is an example though of the thinner wood where a good chopper might have, or a good hatchet / axe definitely would have done the job faster. Not necessarily with less energy expended though, but I am just speculating on the latter, I cannot measure it objectively.

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It is an awful lot of cutting power for a small, light tool that fits in the palm of your hand and weighs almost nothing. I don't know just how long it will last but it is cheap enough to be considered an expendable item, have many and replace them cheaply.

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Thanks for the review on the pocket chain saw! I've wanted one of those for quite a while, might have to pull the trigger soon. :D
 
Definately not a pointless thread, this is my favorite kind! Great collection!
 
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