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It does feel very rugged and could do some light chopping.

Yes it will. When I got mine last year, I used it to chop and split wood until I wore the finish to bare metal. Here’s some outdoor pics of when I first got mine if you missed them and would like to see them: M6 pics in the yard from 8-07-06

I used the M6 on all this wood.
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Closeup of the blade.
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