Testing My Thinned Out BWM

[Horn Dog]

This is all Ankerson's fault! Now my shiny BWM is all dirty. When his thinned out BWM edge rolled and chipped a bit on some pine, I wondered if I had gone too far as well. So I gathered my convexed BWM, a factory edged new BWM, and one of the thinnest edged choppers I own, my Bark River Golok. I decided to compare them chopping wood and slashing brush. Then I would check the edges for damage.

All my beautiful Red Bay trees are dying from a blight, so I have plenty of that wood to chop up.

No damage so far. To be continued.

 

[OldPhysics]

I can't wait.

Will the Golok finally find true love?

Will the hand-sharpened BWM ever kick that pine habit?

And how about the factory BWM?? Will it ever realize what the Golok is doing ... behind its back???

These are the Days of Our Choppers.

 

[steelnut]

That Golok will be stiff competition

 

[Horn Dog]

After chopping several limbs, large and small, the edge of the convexed BWM is intact.

Just for fun, I did some chopping with the factory edged BWM. While it chopped well enough with the factory edge, the convexed one bit deeper and chopped better. Of course, the factory edge was undamaged as well.

But the convexed BWM really out did it. It even out chopped my golok, which is a great light chopper.

Where the golok really shines is, excuse the expression, bushwacking. You can trim a hedge like a pro with the light, fast knife.

To be continued.

 

[Horn Dog]

The BWM did very well slashing the Wax Myrtle bushes, but not quite as easliy and cleanly as the lighter, faster Bark River golok does it.

It can cut a standing Palmetto leaf much better than the factory edged BWM can. Of course, the golok does this with ease.

It's been a fun afternoon comparing these fine knives. And the Bushwacker's edge is still just fine.

 

[resinguy]

I can't wait.

Will the Golok finally find true love?

Will the hand-sharpened BWM ever kick that pine habit?

And how about the factory BWM?? Will it ever realize what the Golok is doing ... behind its back???

These are the Days of Our Choppers.

LOL. :thumbup:

 

[resinguy]

To be continued when Vic gets his ESEE Jungle Lite machete. :thumbup:


edit: I meant the Junglas 10" knife.


course, the machete is nice too.....

 

[Horn Dog]

To be continued when Vic gets his ESEE Jungle Lite machete. :thumbup:

Lord help me. I'm a chopperholic.

 

[Ankerson]

Man it looks nice out there,wish it was like that here.

I didn't expect you to have problems with yours.

Nice photos. :thumbup:

 

[Horn Dog]

Man it looks nice out there,wish it was like that here.

I didn't expect you to have problems with yours.

Nice photos. :thumbup:

I can't explain it, Ankerson, but the convex edges just seem to hold up well for me. I have chipped my Bark River Golok in 1095, but that was on an oyster shell. And that Barkie is ground even thinner than my BWM. So I figured since INFI is tougher than 1095, why not thin it? Of course, the thinned edge would be damaged on concrete blocks or possibly even on a very hard knot, but I could likely steel that right out. INFI is strong.

 

[Ankerson]

I can't explain it, Ankerson, but the convex edges just seem to hold up well for me. I have chipped my Bark River Golok in 1095, but that was on an oyster shell. And that Barkie is ground even thinner than my BWM. So I figured since INFI is tougher than 1095, why not thin it? Of course, the thinned edge would be damaged on concrete blocks or possibly even on a very hard knot, but I could likely steel that right out. INFI is strong.

Part of what I hit was a knot.

 

[rutmi01]

Good work Horn Dog. I'm glad you sharpened up the edge properly so you don't have to re-profile it. I am sure Ankerson did not mind too much in re-profiling. I bet he is highly efficient at such a task.

 

[Liu Kang]

I wish it was warm around here for chopping, but I just shoveled snow for 2+ hours. But then again, if it was warm out, I don't have that much time to go check how sharp the edge on my Busse is
nice picts and comparison

 

[Ankerson]

I wish it was warm around here for chopping, but I just shoveled snow for 2+ hours. But then again, if it was warm out, I don't have that much time to go check how sharp the edge on my Busse is
nice picts and comparison

Yeah you have 3 feet of snow to shovel.

I don't miss living up there at all.

 

[GrinderMcgee]

Good pictures Horn Dog. Looks nice outside where you are.

Maybe Ankerson just hurt the HT on his blade being so proficient in the EdgePro skills. I hear it is ruined at about 900 degrees.

 

[Ankerson]

Good pictures Horn Dog. Looks nice outside where you are.

Maybe Ankerson just hurt the HT on his blade being so proficient in the EdgePro skills. I hear it is ruined at about 900 degrees.

Oh you are funny. ROFL

I was up at 5am working on it.

 

[Horn Dog]

Good pictures Horn Dog. Looks nice outside where you are.

Maybe Ankerson just hurt the HT on his blade being so proficient in the EdgePro skills. I hear it is ruined at about 900 degrees.

Maybe his pine was harder than my Red Bay wood. No kidding, that heart pine can get pretty hard. I saw an Ontario machete snap in half chopping that stuff one time. As for "nice outside", compared to a few hundred miles north, yes, it is. Just a bit cool, wet, and windy. I am only 29 miles from FL, and this has been the coldest winter I can remember. Maybe those global cooling guys from the 1970's got it right.

 

[HighDesertWalker]

I can't explain it, Ankerson, but the convex edges just seem to hold up well for me. I have chipped my Bark River Golok in 1095, but that was on an oyster shell. And that Barkie is ground even thinner than my BWM. So I figured since INFI is tougher than 1095, why not thin it? Of course, the thinned edge would be damaged on concrete blocks or possibly even on a very hard knot, but I could likely steel that right out. INFI is strong.

Thanks for the great review HD. I've got an untested BR golok and a brand new BWM. Can't wait for the snow to clear. Meanwhile I'll be carefully convexing my edges. The snow is deep at 7200 ft up in the southern rockies.