Question from Dr.Bill= A,B OR C???

[Zombie Zeke]

These are the Chunk Munks Doc, I know you'll dig them because they look like a Siegle Chopper made love to a Chef's knife and had a family imported from Nepal as the chitlins'...

with Finger Grooves and Friction Tape, Horn Handles and Brass Fasteners

Straight from the Butchers Block, Wood Handles 1/2" thick @ the spine...

 

[ChapmanPreferred]

With my current skill set, I would go with option B. The items would depend on currently available items and pricing. It would probably be about a $60/$240 ratio for pricing respectively.

 

[WILLIAM.M]

The Scrapyard LE, Regulator, BRKT Neck Knife, CS Master Hunter, HI Chunks(2)

My LE bit me during the taking of the pics...:thumbup:

Great photo

 

[WILLIAM.M]

Keep them photos coming

and Coaldigger--we gotta get together one day and chop the hell out of some Trees



and as far as hardness--look where Mesquite is

Pine is hard--but not compared to Mesquite

Also depends on the TYPE of Pine as well

JANKA RATING
WOOD SPECIES (Hardest to Softest)
3684 Brazilian Walnut /Ipe
3220 Ebony
2350 Brazilian Cherry /Jatoba
2345 Mesquite
2200 Santos Mahogany
1940 Cameron
1925 Merbau
1860 Purpleheart
1850 Tigerwood
1820 Hickory and Pecan
1780 Rosewood
1725 African Padauk
1700 Locust
1630 Wenge
1630 Red Pine
1575 Zebrawood
1570 True Pine
1470 Sweet Birch
1450 Hard / Sugar Maple
1390 Kentucky Coffee Tree
1380 Natural Bamboo
1375 Australian Cypress
1360 White Oak
1320 White Ash
1300 American Beech
1290 Northern Red Oak
1280 Caribbean Heart Pine
1260 Yellow Birch
1225 Yellow Heart Pine
1180 Carbonized Bamboo
1136 Cocobolo
1010 American Walnut
1000 Teak
950 American Cherry
950 Soft and Ambrosia Maple
910 Paper Birch
900 Cedar
870 Southern Yellow Pine (Longleaf)
860 American Red Elm
840 Lacewood
790 Cumaru
770 Sycamore
690 S.Yellow Pine (Loblolly & Shortleaf)
660 Douglas Fir
630 Sassafras
590 Larch
540 Chestnut
540 Poplar
500 Hemlock
420 White Pine
410 Basswood
380 Eastern White Pine

 

[omniviking]

I would rather have a better quality small knife.

But I am a cheap skate.

I love hatchets, old, new, high priced or low. not disappointed with any of my hatchet purchases. I am probably the only one on here that spends more on hatchets than knives. Need to work on this I know.

I just think out of $300 I would have $100 to $150 left.


Pat

 

[WILLIAM.M]

I would rather have a better quality small knife.

But I am a cheap skate.

I love hatchets, old, new, high priced or low. not disappointed with any of my hatchet purchases. I am probably the only one on here that spends more on hatchets than knives. Need to work on this I know.

I just think out of $300 I would have $100 to $150 left.


Pat

I assure you Bro

If I GAVE you $300 to spend on knives--you could spend it quick!!!

and no--I'm not going to send you the $ to prove that

Hell-I spend it fast enough myself

 

[Mistwalker]

JANKA RATING
WOOD SPECIES (Hardest to Softest)
3684 Brazilian Walnut /Ipe
3220 Ebony
2350 Brazilian Cherry /Jatoba
2345 Mesquite
2200 Santos Mahogany
1940 Cameron
1925 Merbau
1860 Purpleheart
1850 Tigerwood
1820 Hickory and Pecan
1780 Rosewood
1725 African Padauk
1700 Locust
1630 Wenge
1630 Red Pine
1575 Zebrawood
1570 True Pine
1470 Sweet Birch
1450 Hard / Sugar Maple
1390 Kentucky Coffee Tree
1380 Natural Bamboo
1375 Australian Cypress
1360 White Oak
1320 White Ash
1300 American Beech
1290 Northern Red Oak
1280 Caribbean Heart Pine
1260 Yellow Birch
1225 Yellow Heart Pine
1180 Carbonized Bamboo
1136 Cocobolo
1010 American Walnut
1000 Teak
950 American Cherry
950 Soft and Ambrosia Maple
910 Paper Birch
900 Cedar
870 Southern Yellow Pine (Longleaf)
860 American Red Elm
840 Lacewood
790 Cumaru
770 Sycamore
690 S.Yellow Pine (Loblolly & Shortleaf)
660 Douglas Fir
630 Sassafras
590 Larch
540 Chestnut
540 Poplar
500 Hemlock
420 White Pine
410 Basswood
380 Eastern White Pine

Interesting, I wonder where Ipe falls in all that, it didn't make the list.

Not surprised Brazilian Cherry is high on the list. Went through a few sets of planer blades, several drill bits, and a whole bunch of sanding belts and sand paper building one small staircase and landing. The spindles and handrail were American cherry and the the treads, risers, skirt boards, and landing were all made form a few bundles of Brazilian Cherry tongue and groove flooring. Some of the hardest wood I have ever worked with, and I'm thinking the Ipe might have been just a bit harder.

***Edit, I see it now, man I've been awake way too long... and I was right...just didn't know it was also known as Brazilian Walnut****

As for pics...here is the current set up.

 

[Zombie Zeke]

Interesting, I wonder where Ipe falls in all that, it didn't make the list.

Not surprised Brazilian Cherry is high on the list. Went through a few sets of planer blades, several drill bits, and a whole bunch of sanding belts and sand paper building one small staircase and landing. The spindles and handrail were American cherry and the the treads, risers, skirt boards, and landing were all made form a few bundles of Brazilian Cherry tongue and groove flooring. Some of the hardest wood I have ever worked with, and I'm thinking the Ipe might have been just a bit harder.

As for pics...here is the current set up.

Is that a ball bearing in the end of that knife? If so what is the purpose?

 

[sambo.]

my $0.02....

i'd get a wetterlings camp axe or similar as the chopper: ~$100

for the knife: a Fallkniven S1 OR H1-3G OR PHK (personally, i'd probably get the PHK as i already have an S1).

 

[Mistwalker]

Is that a ball bearing in the end of that knife? If so what is the purpose?

No that's Andy's signature bullseye lanyard hole.

 

[Zombie Zeke]

No that's Andy's signature bullseye lanyard hole.

Nice, thats really a good lookin setup.

 

[Bigfattyt]

It does really depend on where I am at.

For the $300 mark, I could just barely make it with my Busse Basic 11.

That would just about eat up the budget (but I got it at show release prices!). So just enough left for an inexpensive smaller knife.

I have a CS pocket bushman that would balance the chopper out great.

Add a GW to the mix, and you have Big and Small.

Add a GW to the mix, and you have Big and Small. (or CS pocket bushman, or mora etc)


I made the sheath and baldric rig, so I'm gonna count that as free (mostly).

Here is the CS pocket bushman. Cheap, strong, sharp and pointy.

If I was in a location with more brush, and jungle type stuff to cut, I would opt for the Machete small nicer knife combo.

Mag Khukri machete from CS (edge is now convex, and spine exposed for fire striking).

Bites deep, even with the horrible factory edge (since convexed).

I would probably pair it up with a GW or a BAD or CABS (on the way).

Bad is the top one in this pic, just ignore the broken Comp Finish BWM in this shot. The bad is thin, with a very fine point.

Nice polished convex, with a nice blend to the primary flat grind. .22 thick but still a great slicer, and plenty fine point for detail work, plus thicker for the heavier use.

 

[Zombie Zeke]

Hey Bro what happened to the BWM?

 

[Bigfattyt]

Hey Bro what happened to the BWM?

I was cutting some toast, and I forgot that the toast was some heavy multi grain.......knife stood no chance (also toasted it too long, so it was really tough stuff).


































Really, it got shot with a .50 cal with armor piercing ammo!

Guy posted a vid on the Busse forums.

I bought it from him for a project knife. It came as a package with the BAD for a great price. Gonna, eventually make a folder out of it.

 

[Gossman Knives]

Dr. Bill, lignum vitae is another wood that is rated for high hardness. Four times harder then oak I believe.
Scott

 

[WILLIAM.M]

Dr. Bill, lignum vitae is another wood that is rated for high hardness. Four times harder then oak I believe.
Scott

I've heard it was rock hard

I got that list off of these forums

 

[Shotgun]

Interesting, I wonder where Ipe falls in all that, it didn't make the list.

Look closer, it's first.

As far as the question I use the chopper the most but spend the least on it. The reason is that I prefer hatchets and hawks over chopper knives(excluding machetes.) You're hard pressed to spend $150 on a hatchet or a hawk...although I've come close at $130 lol. So at most I'd spend half and half. Actually, if you take the hawk I want by Coal Creek($125) and my Koyote I have on order($180) then I guess that's your answer. Of course it's slightly over $300.

Oh and pics. I was thinking of a spike hawk with a little more point on the spike and no sinew wrap. Not my style.

And the Stead knife I have on order. This one is Christof's but I ordered one similar.

 

[WILLIAM.M]

Bttt.....................

 

[dougo83]

I think I would spend more on the larger blade with something from RAT/ESEE

Thinking of like an ESEE 6 and Izula or something similar. Can't really go wrong in my environment with that

 

[coaldigger]

I would spend more money on the 4~5" fixed blade & less on a decent chopper (Wetterlings 13"axe or ColdSteel TrailHawk or Condor Golok)
Here are a few of my "Combo's"
MW EDC & Condor Golok -

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KABAR/BECKER BK9 & BK11= 9/11 Combo (my favorite)

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JK "LOBO" & CS TrailHawk-

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