ohhh, sorry vic, I was wayyy confused.
thanks for clearing that up.
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I´ve got a Linder machete with 18" long and 0.16" thick blade and I just love it!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I think it´s 440 stainless steel. It costs about $30-40 with cordura sheath.

Compared to my Busse FBM


Tested counting chopps on this 6" birch and after 27 chopps it was off <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

That Linder looks very nice. There are some great deals on inexpensive choppers.
You don't need a DFLE or FBM to play in the bush.
The cold steel Hawks and machetes are all good once they have had a bit of finishing done one them. I particularly liked the regular sized kukuri machete and the Norse hawk.

The Himalayan Imports kukuris are very nice choppers.

Becker should be back in business soon although they can't make the patrol machete anymore as they don't make tooling that big anymore.

Since this is a Scrapyard site I have to recommend a great knife for the bush that is available on the secondary market at around retail. The Hookguard is an awesome knife and the Yardguard is all right as well. They chopp almost as well as the DF's because of the recurve and are usually a heck of a lot cheaper and easier to find. They are also much easier to wear on your person than a DF. That extra couple inches on the DF's is always hanging up on doors and tables and trees.