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Originally Posted by x SF med
Cosmok-
The latest issue of the "Knewsletter" from OKCA has an excellent article on blade design for the BladeSports competition. They are big on slightly convex rather than slightly concave (recurve) blades due to the 'grab' of the blade and useable length of the cutting edge in chopping. Have you as a designer/user noticed any large differences chopping with the recurve rather than a flat or convex edge? I have very limited experience with recurves other than the kukri or kukri machete and would appreciate your take on edge differrences before dropping more cash on a 'new' (to me) design.
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x SF med, I don't have any experience with any convex type choppers and the only big straight edged choppers are machetes. I can't really give you an honest opinion on this. I can tell you that the gutshot chopper, as pictured, cuts very well. I am able to get 4 cuts on a full water bottle, I guess that would be a soft material and it does well on 2x4's as well. I think the only way I can answer this is to make 3 similar knives, one with each blade style and put them in a little head to head to head contest!! It will have to wait until I have enough steel to make all 3 out of the same type to keep things as honest as I can.
Eric