Few things first:
I live in Kentucky, the land of thick briers and hardwoods.
I also have a dandy Plumb BSA that I am going to re-handle and a Bahco Laplander Saw.....heck, I even carry a curled up bucksaw blade in a tin....and a Mora with a 3" blade as a neck knife. So, as you can see....I believe in redundancy.....mayb e a bit too much....but better safe than fracked! To quote Starbuck and Admiral Adama....did I mention my SOG Powerlock as well?
So....I have a great bush axe, but I also want a big knife.....now when I say big knife I am not talking about something that is half-a-sword. I have a Busse, a Condor Golok (modded into a parang) and a short thick parang I made myself.....I am a hobby knife maker.....a grinder. They are all awesome....but long AND heavy.
When I say big knife....I am talking about a "Leuku". I really like the 9" Stromeng....this knife will be for butchering and light chopping....more so if I need to limb saplings or small diameter trees....anything over wrist thickness gets the axe or saw....and usually the saw....it's safer.
OK....whew...I am a windbag.....
I have some O1 here at the house....1/8" thick and 1 1/2" wide.....what are your thoughts on 1/8" thick O1 for a light chopper? If I need to baton....it will be small stuff to get a hot fire going in order to burn the big or wet stuff.
Also, scandi grind or full flat with a convex?
If not O1... then what steel and what thickness? I really want to avoid 1/4" thick stuff....it puts me right back in the same boat as a heavy blade that won't out chop my axe....
I live in Kentucky, the land of thick briers and hardwoods.
I also have a dandy Plumb BSA that I am going to re-handle and a Bahco Laplander Saw.....heck, I even carry a curled up bucksaw blade in a tin....and a Mora with a 3" blade as a neck knife. So, as you can see....I believe in redundancy.....mayb e a bit too much....but better safe than fracked! To quote Starbuck and Admiral Adama....did I mention my SOG Powerlock as well?
So....I have a great bush axe, but I also want a big knife.....now when I say big knife I am not talking about something that is half-a-sword. I have a Busse, a Condor Golok (modded into a parang) and a short thick parang I made myself.....I am a hobby knife maker.....a grinder. They are all awesome....but long AND heavy.
When I say big knife....I am talking about a "Leuku". I really like the 9" Stromeng....this knife will be for butchering and light chopping....more so if I need to limb saplings or small diameter trees....anything over wrist thickness gets the axe or saw....and usually the saw....it's safer.
OK....whew...I am a windbag.....
I have some O1 here at the house....1/8" thick and 1 1/2" wide.....what are your thoughts on 1/8" thick O1 for a light chopper? If I need to baton....it will be small stuff to get a hot fire going in order to burn the big or wet stuff.
Also, scandi grind or full flat with a convex?
If not O1... then what steel and what thickness? I really want to avoid 1/4" thick stuff....it puts me right back in the same boat as a heavy blade that won't out chop my axe....