Show me your massive choppers

[Jonny1280]

Here is my Bill Siegle Becker handled Bolo.
5160 with a differential heat treat.
1/4" thick, the blade is a little over 10" from tip to plunge line, 17 1/2" overall.
Rocking the Ka-bar factory scales.

Bills Kydex work is top notch as well!

 

[theAntihero]

Here is my Bill Siegle Becker handled Bolo.
5160 with a differential heat treat.
1/4" thick, the blade is a little over 10" from tip to plunge line, 17 1/2" overall.
Rocking the Ka-bar factory scales.

Bills Kydex work is top notch as well!

I really like this one!

 

[gine]

Here is one of my favourite choppers. Photo's not taken by me.

The 171 competition cutter!

 

[theAntihero]

Here is one of my favourite choppers. Photo's not taken by me.

The 171 competition cutter!

Very cool!

 

[Cypress]

Here is one of my favourite choppers. Photo's not taken by me.

The 171 competition cutter!

I've wanted one of those for YEARS.

Here's my big hacker. Tops .230. It's longer than the top tube of my road bike. It'll go through 1.5 inch pine trees in one solid swing.

 

[NCCNC]

A fellow forum member gimmejr made this bad boy. Nothing to say about it really except that it is a true chopping machine. I have haphazardly chopped away at knotty hardwoods and nerry a chip or roll one. Such a BEAST. I dont see myself ever buying another chopper. This one takes the cake. Compared to a BK9 for scale.

 

[velo-ct]

"That's not a knife...."

I see we are taking out the big boys for show and tell so I thought I would share my old Malaysian jungle-forged springsteel parangs.

1. First up is made by my uncle it is a 20" long, 14.5 x 2.25 x .25" convex tapered blade, with serious momentum. The massive wood scabbard was carved from a hardwood tree on the old family plantation. Blade alone is 2 lbs. with scabbard it is almost 4 lbs.

Some lightweights are shown alongside it below:

2. The 19.5" long with a 13.5 x2 x .21" blade and wood handled and lightweight wood sheath is more of a working tree trimmer that makes the most of the energy input. It suffers from huge amounts of over-penetration. I have to warn first timers this is not a machete, the blade will not wedge and stop where you expect so you need to pay attention and keep out of the path.

3. The old buffalo horn (60+ years) 16" long, 10 x 2 x .170" represents the old school blade art that is no longer available. The handle is a smooth octagon of buffalo horn that pivots perfectly in the hand for quick follow up. The smooth shape surprisingly never comes loose in your hand even when wet, no blisters, no lanyards. the taper is perfect and the convex shape is evenly hammered. I wish I could get another but was happy that my mom saved one through time for me. This is the ONE blade for whatever...doesn't matter.

4. The last one is 14" with a 9 x 1.25 x .205" blade that only weighs as much as my old 4" carbon V master hunter. It is actually very usable, has enough length to develop speed at the tip for light chopping and the recurve closer in makes for efficient shaving and detail carving. The decorative parrot handle is the only thing holding it back, but it is the compromise for art in this case.

Anyway, something you don't see every day....

 

[Nixelplix]

Very nice velo-ct!

 

[Meier66]

CAS Black Bull + McGhee EMC.

 

[not2sharp]

It doesn't and shouldn't get any bigger than this. The Himalayan Imports khukuri shown here has a 3 foot blade and a 1" thick spine, and weighs over 6 lbs. The mass and velocity of the whole can easily exceed the ability of the edge on the 5160 blade to withstand the impact against hard wood. It works well but it should be wielded by an experienced user.

n2s

 

[philllll]

not2sharp, that is a beast of a khukuri!

 

[gga357]

Barry Dawson katana, about twenty years old.

Is it in 440? That is a nice one!!

 

[Bobber]

My homemade chopper, made from Uddeholm steel called "arne" same steel used for machining-tools..

 

[Gossman Knives]

That's a real nice Siegle bolo Jonny1280.
Scott

 

[JayGoliath]

That's a very nice chopper, Bobber.

 

[theAntihero]

My homemade chopper, made from Uddeholm steel called "arne" same steel used for machining-tools..

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Nice! Looks like about 3/8ths thick?

 

[Bobber]

,antihero: its actually 0,51" thick but tapers down into the handle, between 2,5-3" high, full flat ground with a.slight convex to zero edge, 13" blade, 18,5" total length... And it shaves armchair like nothing else, lol...

 

[JayGoliath]

I looked up on Uddenholm Arne and it's AISI O1.

 

[Bobber]

Thanks Jay, I didn't know that, we seem to have different names of the steel up here and over at your place..
It's a beast for sure, eats away on wood like a rabiat beaver...

 

[JayGoliath]

Thanks Jay, I didn't know that, we seem to have different names of the steel up here and over at your place..
It's a beast for sure, eats away on wood like a rabiat beaver...

Bobber,

http://www.bucanada.ca/aisi_o1_c.htm