Why we love big choppers!

Iboschi said:
Some of my collection in a shot from early this year. I can't seem to get enough choppers. I hunger for them! Some of these will be given away soon. Nothing fancy though!

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Iboschi, I have that same folding shovel. German issue IIRC and very well made. :thumbup:
 
i only own a few choppers/big knives.. they're indeed a lot of fun to use(though i think i still prefer an axe..:o)..

i get together every now and again, with some fellow forumites, to do some chopping and playing with some big knives.. it's always a blast..
this past week i got to some chopping with a BRKT Golok.. it did pretty darn well.. i took my Condor Golok too, but didn't use it, since there were so many other cool knives to play with.. i have used it quite a bit around the yard and out camping.. they're probably the best bang for the $$..

link to some more pics/vids.. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8890308#post8890308


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I like 'em because it's easier and safer to baton firewood into kindling sized pieces than it is to use an axe or hatchet.

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hoopster said:
Iboschi, I have that same folding shovel. German issue IIRC and very well made. :thumbup:
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Yes, the shovel could serve double as body armor. It's one stout little fella. I gave it some oil and love and it "transforms" like butter now.
 
I gotcher "big chopper" right here, buddy!;)

Don't look at the link yet - read first, please.

http://www.olive-drab.com/od_edged_weapons_tools_usmc_hosp.php

Now, before anyone takes offense to that, understand that I like "little" knives and I am not ashamed. Call me "Mora boy" and I will wear it as a basge of honor.:) Not sayin' choppers don't have a place and I am no "chopper hater," I just don't always have one with me.

However, I have a specific chopper I have been looking for (for decades) and today, I FOUND it. Actually, My Dad found it. It went missing back around '79 when I entered the Army. I used it for years as a kid and loved it. My Mom made kindling with it for years (scared the crap out of her Grandkids to see her weilding it), but when my brother and I left home, they got a gas furnace so the chopper got put away.

I have asked my Dad about where he thought it might be several times over the years and he couldn't find it. Today, I stopped over to fix their cell phone and he motioned me to the basement.........

HE FOUND MY CHOPPER!!!

I will post pics soon, but it needs some TLC and I think I am going to rehandle it with some Micarta because the old scales are loose and rattly now. I know, it's an "antique" and they are very pricey on that big auction site, but I have chopped a LOT of hardwood with this old girl and she's back - my perfect chopper!

OK, now you can look at the link. Mine is from the Clyde Cutlery, where my Dad's Dad worked many years before I was born. It weighs two pounds even, has an eleven and a quarter inch blade, is a quarter inch thick at the spine and is over sixteen inches overall. It even still has a respectable edge on it.

Missing since 1979, I got MY big chopper back that I started using around 1970. I am flippin' ecstatic! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Let me tell ya - this baby will CHOP!
 
Man I was just thinking today that I need a chopper. I have machetes, but I'd like a stout large fixed blade with the price max being the Junglas at around $160, preferably under that price point since I don't know how I'll like a chopper against a machete and hatchet. Thoughts?
 
Jeff H said:
I gotcher "big chopper" right here, buddy!;)

Don't look at the link yet - read first, please.

http://www.olive-drab.com/od_edged_weapons_tools_usmc_hosp.php

Now, before anyone takes offense to that, understand that I like "little" knives and I am not ashamed. Call me "Mora boy" and I will wear it as a basge of honor.:) Not sayin' choppers don't have a place and I am no "chopper hater," I just don't always have one with me.

However, I have a specific chopper I have been looking for (for decades) and today, I FOUND it. Actually, My Dad found it. It went missing back around '79 when I entered the Army. I used it for years as a kid and loved it. My Mom made kindling with it for years (scared the crap out of her Grandkids to see her weilding it), but when my brother and I left home, they got a gas furnace so the chopper got put away.

I have asked my Dad about where he thought it might be several times over the years and he couldn't find it. Today, I stopped over to fix their cell phone and he motioned me to the basement.........

HE FOUND MY CHOPPER!!!

I will post pics soon, but it needs some TLC and I think I am going to rehandle it with some Micarta because the old scales are loose and rattly now. I know, it's an "antique" and they are very pricey on that big auction site, but I have chopped a LOT of hardwood with this old girl and she's back - my perfect chopper!

OK, now you can look at the link. Mine is from the Clyde Cutlery, where my Dad's Dad worked many years before I was born. It weighs two pounds even, has an eleven and a quarter inch blade, is a quarter inch thick at the spine and is over sixteen inches overall. It even still has a respectable edge on it.

Missing since 1979, I got MY big chopper back that I started using around 1970. I am flippin' ecstatic! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Let me tell ya - this baby will CHOP!
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Congrats!!! I'm happy for you - that is quite a blade! I can see it would be a Chop-Monster. I'll bet some Micarta, flitz and some time on the sharpener and you'll be sportin' the newest blade sensation!
 
adaman04 said:
Man I was just thinking today that I need a chopper. I have machetes, but I'd like a stout large fixed blade with the price max being the Junglas at around $160, preferably under that price point since I don't know how I'll like a chopper against a machete and hatchet. Thoughts?
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Condor would be about 1/3 that price for something similar in length and thickness to the Junglas or less. You could try the Condor golok or any of the other CHOPPERS here: http://www.machetespecialists.com/condor-el-salvador.html

You could also (if you want to go CHEEP CHEEP for your first) try cold steel: http://yourcornerstore.com/index.ph...h_in_description=1&keyword=cold+steel+machete
 
adaman04 said:
Man I was just thinking today that I need a chopper. I have machetes, but I'd like a stout large fixed blade with the price max being the Junglas at around $160, preferably under that price point since I don't know how I'll like a chopper against a machete and hatchet. Thoughts?
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Your right bro, big difference in a machete & a chopper.
You get a 10" blade, bout 2" wide & at least 1/4" thick you can do the stuff a chete does in the swamps, & the stuff an axe does in the hardwood.
 
For about 12 years this was my chopper, Ontario SP-5, & it did the job,"for like $50", till the handle finally wore out.
Great blade, discontinued, get them before there gone.

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My "G-Zilla" replaced her,& will hang with an axe! (seasoned oak)

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Hells yeah! I love me some BATTLE MISTRESSES (and who doesn't love snakeskin handles???)! I need to know who made that croc sheath LMT!
 
Iboschi said:
Hells yeah! I love me some BATTLE MISTRESSES (and who doesn't love snakeskin handles???)! I need to know who made that croc sheath LMT!
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Dwayne Puckett at Armoralleather. "Leatherman" here on BF. :thumbup:
 
Why do I like a big knife?

Simple. When you get a big knife strapped on you feel and walk like John Wayne.
 
Carney C said:
For about 12 years this was my chopper, Ontario SP-5, & it did the job,"for like $50", till the handle finally wore out.
Great blade, discontinued, get them before there gone.

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My "G-Zilla" replaced her,& will hang with an axe! (seasoned oak)

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Huh wonder why its being discontinued?
 
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