Thanksgiving Chopping

[inkynate]

I hope to get out chopping for a few hours this weekend. Really liking the BP more and more, it's pretty vicious anyway and has been extra sweet since I reprofiled.

Conrats on the scores. The Mother of All Dogs is legendary and that Sasquatch is grail level, looks amazing. For some reason seeing them together makes me wonder if Jerry has thos CGBB13's about ready yet...

 

[Bigfattyt]

I've only got a KZII and a WTF BG and Rattle Hawk for chopping.........

No Keffler, here........I has sad!

 

[resinguy]

I think that I will has sad when he tells us what a great chopper it is.

Have to console myself with thoughts of the BB13.

 

[Brian77]

I need one of those. I just finished 3 big choppers out of 3/8 thick 80 CR v 2. One is 12 1/2 blade, 1 is 11 1/2 and 1 is 10 1/4. They are fun to make.

 

[Azula Gun Holsters]

I hope to get out chopping for a few hours this weekend. Really liking the BP more and more, it's pretty vicious anyway and has been extra sweet since I reprofiled.

Conrats on the scores. The Mother of All Dogs is legendary and that Sasquatch is grail level, looks amazing. For some reason seeing them together makes me wonder if Jerry has thos CGBB13's about ready yet...

Saw your youtube video on the Boom Parang and 1311 chopping. How did the 1311 compare to the BP ? which was more comfortable to chop with ? It look pretty equal in the video.

Thanks

 

[inkynate]

Saw your youtube video on the Boom Parang and 1311 chopping. How did the 1311 compare to the BP ? which was more comfortable to chop with ? It look pretty equal in the video.

Thanks

That's a good question. In those vids I hadn't reprofiled the BP yet and was still getting a feel for it. They both handle the work with relative ease, but the 1311 felt more powerful.

I'd still that's true, but after taking the BP down to 15° per side and using it more, it's becoming my preferred chopper for thick vines, sub 3" branches, and delimbing. I really like the angle of attack the parang design provides and it's generally a lot of fun to use, imo.

Some friends and I camped out on our property a few weeks ago. None of them are knife knuts, so it was interesting to see them use my blades to do some chopping and also some split/baton work for the fire. It surprised me to see them struggle to do in 3-5 chops what would normally take me 1 or 2. Not that I have any special strength or skill, but it highlighted how much familiarity and technique play into it as well.

 

[scrappy]

Beautiful blades!

 

[Azula Gun Holsters]

That's a good question. In those vids I hadn't reprofiled the BP yet and was still getting a feel for it. They both handle the work with relative ease, but the 1311 felt more powerful.

I'd still that's true, but after taking the BP down to 15° per side and using it more, it's becoming my preferred chopper for thick vines, sub 3" branches, and delimbing. I really like the angle of attack the parang design provides and it's generally a lot of fun to use, imo.

Some friends and I camped out on our property a few weeks ago. None of them are knife knuts, so it was interesting to see them use my blades to do some chopping and also some split/baton work for the fire. It surprised me to see them struggle to do in 3-5 chops what would normally take me 1 or 2. Not that I have any special strength or skill, but it highlighted how much familiarity and technique play into it as well.

Thanks. The videos were helpful.
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Would appreciate an up close picture of the BP edge at 15 degrees

 

[Rob_Mob]

Wow --- 15 degrees per side on the Boom Parang sounds INTENSE . . . What have you observed about the edge after an hour of chopping?

 

[inkynate]

Thanks. The videos were helpful.
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Would appreciate an up close picture of the BP edge at 15 degrees

Here you go, still looks like a pretty normal bevel to me. The grind on mine was fairly lean to start so it's not crazy wide or anything.

 

[inkynate]

Wow --- 15 degrees per side on the Boom Parang sounds INTENSE . . . What have you observed about the edge after an hour of chopping?

Not a whole lot, penetration naturally improved but it already chopped well as boxed. It's a little hard to separate since I only used it a couple of times before I reprofiled and didn't really get comfortable with it until I had the new edge on there.

No issues at all with damage, just normal dulling. I haven't bashed it into rocks or anything though, just wood. My JMD is also at 15° per side and I did chip out the apex when I stupidly batoned through some wood set directly on brick and wasn't able to stop the blade in time. It's pretty minor though and won't be hard to fix.

 

[Azula Gun Holsters]

Here you go, still looks like a pretty normal bevel to me. The grind on mine was fairly lean to start so it's not crazy wide or anything.

Thanks for the pics, looks good.
Going to start with 19 degree and see how that works on the BP and then maybe drop down some more