I was currious if there have been any tests, or personal experience comparing these two moster blades? I would think the NMFBM would win due to it's larger blade, but even a comparison of the DF and BM of any type would be cool. I just wonder how they handle, ie. blade heavy design for chopping and so on?

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I think you hit the nail on the head, I don't think anything will out chop the new mistress, that thing is a frigging beast however it will beat on your hands. I no longer have my DFLE however I have a Battle Rat coming this week hopeful and I have a Final Judgement coming from Fehrman so I am planning on testing all 3 of them against each other to see how they do.

Now that should be interesting! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Action shots requested please Bullets ?Looks to be a great test !! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Looking forward to reading about that test!

That will be some good quality knife porn right there!

Gotta get pics of that!

yeah it should be fun, i am planning a snow camping trip for probably sometime in January, the problem is I will need a snow cat to haul all the steel back in the woods

I've chopped with a Banned DFCG, FBM, and NMFBM.

All 3 chop extremely well. If your only concern is to chop, the NMFBM is clearly the winner. It'll out chop the other 2...but not by a whole lot.

If you take all things into considerations, I'd still take the DFCG and FBM over the NMFBM because of it's size, but that's just my personal preference.

We do our chopping on this table.


Some other action shots.

Actually I did exactly that, a direct back to back comparison of my CGDF and CGNMFBM on the same tree while cutting it into lengths to dispose of. Both were similar level of sharpness, easily shaving arm hair but not scary. The first cut through the trunk side by side took 122 swings of the NMFBM from memory and 204 with the DF. This sort of differential was pretty consistent all the way with the Busse taking about 40% less chops and time than the Scrap Yard. On the other hand it is also about 50% heavier. The NMFBM is almost the same margin better at chopping than the CGDF than that was over my Browning Competion Cutter, maybe just a bit less.

I found them both equally comfortable to use with the smooth micata handle more inclined to slip if you let your grip get too lax and the resiprene grippier but more likely to raise a blister over time. I don't really notice a big difference in shock transmission, but some of that may be down to the very broad sweet spot on the NMFBM generating less shocks in the first place. My CGFBM does kick back a bit more frequently in general.

When I know that I have a fair bit of wood to cut, I always take the NMFBM. I find it less tiring over the job because it is finished sooner. If there was nothing much over say 3" then it wouldn't make much difference and at 2/3 the weight and 1/3 the cost I would still rate the CGDF as 75 to 80% the knife.

I've swung them both and when you use our 'Maximum Performance to Price Ratio' the DF is a clear winner but that NMFBMLE is one choppin' sumbich too!

WOW! What an AWESOME collection of steel, leather, and kydex!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />