The Colt Jungle Commander did well, too. It has the best feeling handle of all.
Trouble is, its 420 stainless, and dulls quickly, still a good chopper for $30 or so. The Cold Steel LTC Kukri was no slouch, but its 1/8" thick blade would sometimes bind in the wood. It has a 12" blade of Carbon V steel and a kraton handle. It has similar heft to a 12" Ont machete. Its just too light for this hard liveoak.
So I'm saving the best for last. These are the bad boys of chopperdom.
I'm running out of logs to chop. Here are the finalists: The British Army Golok, with its 11" long .20" thick blade of Sheffield steel, The Scrap Yard Dog Father with its 10" long .28" thick convex ground blade of SR-77 steel, and the Cold Steel Gurkha Kukri, with a 12" long 5/16" thick flat ground blade of Carbon V steel. Its kraton handle is not near as comfortable as the DFs res C handle. The rubber handle on the Golok is surprisingly comfortable.