I hope I answered your original question, Toast. As sold, the Tom Brown Tracker from TOPS suffers from an obtuse grind. The edge will not bite. A Scrapper 6 could out chop it. But reground with a good convex edge, the weight of the knife makes it a fair chopper if you grip the rear of the large handle. But for that much weight, I'd rather have a bigger knife like the DF or FBM. Even the lighter SOD and Chopweilers can chop as well as the convexed Tracker. The Tracker's appeal seems to be its multifunctional design. The saw back makes for good square notches, the reground draw knife section is outstanding for shaving wood, and the front edge is useful for skinning and chopping. The hook at the front of the draw knife section can be used for gutting an animal or smoothing and rounding a stick. The knife is heavy, thick, and darned near unbreakable. You can pound with it, baton with it, dig with it, pry with it, and chop with it. But I can do most of those things with a Chopweiler or SOD at less weight, even with the factory edge.