What's up with all the chopping

Man. Those khukri's look so much better that the POS Atlanta Cutlery Officer's Khuk that I can't get an edge on...
 
khuks are khool. :thumbup: :cool:

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They are great kuks to use, great balance, good weight to blade length in kuk terms, first kuk 14" blade and 28oz, second kuk 14" blade and 25oz, third one 13" blade and 24oz, none of them wear out your arm to quick, so they are good for being able to do lots of work with.
 
Sorry for the absence, I am currently in Frederick, Md and this is the first time I have had to get on a computer.

First and foremost Washington traffic blows, second I HATE THE COLD I have spent most of the last 10 years in a desert, on this continent and others and I have to admit I had forgotten what 30 degrees with a 20 MPH wind feels like, I am ready to head back south.

Back to chopping, yes I was trolling a bit but stand by what I said. I am very pleased with the direction of the thread, I guess most people know my personality by now and realize that I totally agree with the idea that "because I enjoy it" is a perfectly acceptable answer to me as long as what you are doing is legal, whether are not I enjoy it or agree with it.

Yall sure have some nice gear and I am fairly drooling over some of those hatchets, yall might make a convert out of me......if I wasn't too lazy to carry the damn thing, or use it for that matter.:D Chris

PS: The person that responded about cutting shooting lanes for his deer stand made a lot of sense and that is one thing that my tramontina also gets used for, all is fair when it comes to legal hunting.;)
 
runningboar said:
PS: The person that responded about cutting shooting lanes for his deer stand made a lot of sense and that is one thing that my tramontina also gets used for, all is fair when it comes to legal hunting.;)
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Guyon posted that. And I agree as well. Also one other point that was brought up was chopping free standing, small diameter green wood. That is a task that I'll admit would be easier than a hatchet due to the longer cutting area.

As for everything else....... I'm still carrying my hatchet.;):D
 
tarmix101 said:
Guyon posted that. And I agree as well. Also one other point that was brought up was chopping free standing, small diameter green wood. That is a task that I'll admit would be easier than a hatched due to the longer cutting area.

As for everything else....... I'm still carrying my hatchet.;):D
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I'll have the small hatchet, with which practice (or years of experience, whichever comes first) works well enough in that role. I'm not carrying a long chopper for that limited role. FWIW, $.02, IMO blah blah blah
 
Alright already. I followed the thread, thought a chopper looks like fun. Now I've got a FFBM on the way.

I blame Guyon!
 
I dont even own a Khuk, Ive never used one, but I really belive that one would "outchop" a hatchet. I mean comon, look at it... its lines and form of this tool are truly unique and im sure it has some good weight to it too... and i'll bet it the weight of that edge is better distributed along the length of the tool.

I want one. But I live here in Canada, and we use axes and hatchets. We wouldnt want to look stupid out in the bush now would we? :D
 
skammer said:
Not only does the knife work better a hatchet just bounces off small diameter wood barely cutting it.

Skam
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Which end of the hatchett are you holding?


Seriously, though, enough people have commented that this is pointless for me to say...but I have a big ego so I type things because I think the internet revolves around my opinions. Therefore:

I find chopping tools useful because I often need to get my truck in places where deadfall is blocking the road. I also camp in forty below when I get the chance and without a little wood stove, it is difficult to get enough small stuff to stay warm in that kind of temperature. If you have a stove inside a tarp, it's fine (or what I would call fine and my girlfriend would call lousy.) However, outside, relaxing in the clear air at forty below, it is better to have an axe.

An axe IS a dangerous tool and the smaller, the worse. I kneecapped myself a few years ago with a Wetterlings large hunter and had to drive for a long time to track someone down to patch me up...and I am a very experienced user!

However that same axe (which I would consider a hatchet because it's a one-hander for me) will go through a two-inch softwood branch in one swing every time. I can't imagine anyone finding it inefficient on small wood - EXCEPT of course as has been pointed out, if you are trying to clear a bunch of springy vertical stuff. I would ABSOLUTELY agree that a big knife is better for that. I do not do a lot of that myself but others have that need and I would never suggest to them to go buy an axe.

My favourite tool is a full size Iltis Oxhead - that's a three foot felling axe and they will chop through any wood, any time, with ease. But I don't hang one from my belt when I hike!

Long trips will mean a small axe for me, day trips, a knife.
 
ras said:
I'll have the small hatchet, with which practice (or years of experience, whichever comes first) works well enough in that role. I'm not carrying a long chopper for that limited role. FWIW, $.02, IMO blah blah blah
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I do understand what you are saying. Been using hatchets and axes for over 26 years. However it stands to reason that the longer your cutting edge is, the more likely you are to hit what you are aiming for.

Believe me.... I'm not going out and buying a big ass chopper any time soon, just admitting that there is a point there.;)
 
Ottoshot said:
I dont even own a Khuk, Ive never used one, but I really belive that one would "outchop" a hatchet. I mean comon, look at it... its lines and form of this tool are truly unique and im sure it has some good weight to it too... and i'll bet it the weight of that edge is better distributed along the length of the tool.

I want one. But I live here in Canada, and we use axes and hatchets. We wouldnt want to look stupid out in the bush now would we? :D
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Just tell anyone that complains that these blades are used by little men in the Himalayas to live their whole lives. If it's a good tool to survive int he Himalayas with, it's certainly good enough to suirvive in Canada, eh?

Besides, there are still things that it's just easier to do with a full sized axe, so you can have one of them, too (unless you'd like to special order one of the monster 36"-48" kukris. . .:eek:)
 
Ottoshot said:
I dont even own a Khuk, Ive never used one, but I really belive that one would "outchop" a hatchet. I mean comon, look at it... its lines and form of this tool are truly unique and im sure it has some good weight to it too... and i'll bet it the weight of that edge is better distributed along the length of the tool.

I want one. But I live here in Canada, and we use axes and hatchets. We wouldnt want to look stupid out in the bush now would we? :D
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PFFFFT! some of us Toque wearing, beer swilling, Viberg 105 caulk boot wearing Canucks use real tools!

Husqvarna chainsaws....... :thumbup:
 
Bushman5 said:
PFFFFT! some of us Toque wearing, beer swilling, Viberg 105 caulk boot wearing Canucks use real tools!

Husqvarna chainsaws....... :thumbup:
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I hear those make great door stops when you run out of gas & oil. :p
 
Great freakin thread!

I love to chop! I could chop all day. When I was a kid I wanted to be a lumberjack so bad I could taste it...

That being said I only got a real axe just recently. Funny how life goes. Its a beaut though, the Gransfors Small Forest Axe. A really awesome tool!

I also have a kukri, only a Cold Steel though, got it cheap from them as a 'second'. Its a mini-kukri and it works like a bomb on the jungle type vegetation we get out here.

I think these two tools will handle most anything on the trail or anywhere else. If hiking though, I think a big blade will do pretty much both types of tasks almost as well, and won't weigh you down as much.

I scored a CS Trailmaster SM off the Exchange recently for this reason. Always wanted a bowie, and this is one I could afford. I think the bowie is the finest of all big knife designs.

Three vital tools - the first two are chopping specialists, the third is a pretty decent all-rounder!
 
The "sweet spot" of the typical khukuri is about in the same place, relative to the handle, as the edge of a hand axe is to the same part of the axe's handle. Put one on top of the other.

This assumes that the axe blade has the proper angle of attack (toe in) to produce a shearing action.
 
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