Pit,
I was thinking the same thing, I would prefer 77 for a pure chopper. But in this intermediate size I don't really know if it matters so much. Since the 711 seems designed to have less of a chopping profile than say the beefier SOD, SR101 seems like a good choice. For a 911 or larger though I would prefer 77, also to retain a better price to performance ratio.
There have been plenty of excellent mid/larger knives in SR101:
Camp Tramp (SR101-Diff.TempLine) = 14.4 oz; .24" thick; 7.325" blade; 12.5" oal
(SY) 711 (SR101-ThroughHard)..... = 14.6 oz; .25" thick; 7.375" blade; 12.5" oal
Battle Rat (SR101)…………. = 16.5 oz; .24” thick; 9.375” blade; 14.4375” oal
Battle Rat (Satin) (SR101) = 15 oz; .23 thick; 9.375” blade; 14.4375” oal
Battle Guard (SR101)....... = ? oz; .24" thick; 9.375” blade; 14.4375” oal
(SY) Regulator TT (Test Team - Full Flat) (SR101).... = 14.65 oz; .333” thick; 7.5” blade; 13” oal
(SY) Regulator MO (Military overrun - Saber) (SR101) = 15.8 oz; .333” thick; 7.5” blade; 13” oal
(SY) De-Regulator (Saber -single quillion) (SR101)..…. = 15.8 oz; .333” thick; 7.5” blade; 13” oal
(SY) Regulator Mil Overrun 6.5 (full flat - Modified tip) = 13.6 oz; .333” thick; 6.5” blade; 12” oal
Taz Rat (micarta) (SR101) = 16.7 oz; .22" thick; 7.375" blade; 12.9375" oal
Ratweiler (micarta) (SR101) = 19.8 oz; .25” thick; 7.5” blade; 13” oal
Chopweiler - (micarta) (SR101) = 19.1 oz; .25” thick; 7.5625” blade; 13.1875” oal
Chopweiler – (G10) (SR101)….. = 20.5 oz; .25” thick; 7.5625” blade; 13.1875” oal
M9LE (Full Flat - G10) (SR101) = 19.35 oz; .23” thick; 9.125” blade; 14.875” oal
M9CG (Saber Grind) (SR101).. = 20.8 oz; ???” thick; 9.125” blade; 14.875” oal
R9LE (aka: Rodent 9) = ? oz; ?" thick; 9.5" blade; 15.25" oal
R9CG (aka: Rodent 9) = 22.7 oz; .25" thick; 9.5" blade; 15.25" oal
Rat Mastiff (micarta) (SR101) = 21.7 oz; .25” thick; 9.75” blade; 15.375” oal
Rat Daddy-LE (SR101) = 21.8 oz; .25” thick; 10.5” blade; 16.25” oal
Rat Daddy-CG (SR101) = 22 oz; .25” thick; 10.5” blade; 16.25” oal
