I don't have the selection of HD, but my best chopper is also a relatively thin knife - a CS LTC Kukri. It's got more width near the head end than a typical kukri, which puts a lot of weight into your swing and gives almost hatchet-like performance when chopping.


edit: A pic of the kukri next to a Ka-Bar Heavy Bowie and SR Mini Uncle Mojo for scale... It doesn't look all that big or impressive compared to some of the huge choppers, and it's actually fairly lightweight in comparison, but most of that weight rides near the tip, so it chops really well. Also doesn't wear me out as much swinging it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

If the Yard made a kukri of this exact same design, with res-C and a thin SR77 blade, I'd buy several of them in a heartbeat.