The best chopper I own is significantly thinner and lighter than any Bussekin chopper I own, and it HANDILY defeats all comers on both soft and hard woods.

With even a modicum of chopping technique, a cheap machete with a decent edge will outchop most Busse mega-choppers. This idea that you have to have a thick and heavy knife to chop is just plain incorrect.



I sold my Desert Dogfather because it can be outchopped by a $30 Cold Steel kukri machete. Now, the DDF would baton a heck of a lot better than that machete due to its thicker profile and better splitting wedge action, but that role was handled just as well by the lighter SoD, so the DDF just wasn't needed.


I know that's blasphemy to most Bussekin type folks, but thick and heavy is not the only way to make a knife that chops well. Now if you want a knife that chops well and can also be used to pry open car doors, split lumber, and slay rodents of unusual size, then a big mega-bowie is the perfect tool. But that's a tradeoff - what most people call "choppers" I call "jacks of all trades, but masters of none". Not even chopping.