INGO Chop-In 10-27-12 discussion thread

[williamnewman1]

not sure if i can yet, gotta look at work schedule etc

is it fine to just be an observer ? (looking to learn of course as well)

I'm a little new to the "good" knives world but quickly becoming a blade snob, and what better place to learn than INGO

 

[M67]

Can Que's brownies, cookies, and peanut butter spread be stored in my truck......for safe keeping?


And 2, just to stir the pot here.

With all this Busse (and kin), Esee, Horton, Kabar, Ontario, etc talk and preference (list is alphabetical, not quality....cough); can we please have a little side competition or two?

Edge retention, 20 straight minutes of batoning, weight tests, etc? Nothing too hardcore, I'm too lazy to work out cinder block dings in my edges, but some good, friendly, edge retention and knife tests

 

[Que]

Can Que's brownies, cookies, and peanut butter spread be stored in my truck......for safe keeping?


And 2, just to stir the pot here.

With all this Busse (and kin), Esee, Horton, Kabar, Ontario, etc talk and preference (list is alphabetical, not quality....cough); can we please have a little side competition or two?

Edge retention, 20 straight minutes of batoning, weight tests, etc? Nothing too hardcore, I'm too lazy to work out cinder block dings in my edges, but some good, friendly, edge retention and knife tests

I heard that you only take your knives out of their pretty "sachets" in order to show them off and you never use them for anything. Are you sure you want to take part in this?

 

[M67]

I heard that you only take your knives out of their pretty "sachets" in order to show them off and you never use them for anything. Are you sure you want to take part in this?

Coming from the man who still has factory coating left on his knives

 

[tom1025]

I have a Junglas and a couple Busse's chopping at the bit to compete.

 

[Que]

Coming from the man who still has factory coating left on his knives

You got me there.

 

[DaKruiser]

Can Que's brownies, cookies, and peanut butter spread be stored in my truck......for safe keeping?

I think he would try to find "southernish Indiana" if that happened again!

With all this Busse (and kin), Esee, Horton, Kabar, Ontario, etc talk and preference (list is alphabetical, not quality....cough); can we please have a little side competition or two?

Edge retention, 20 straight minutes of batoning, weight tests, etc? Nothing too hardcore, I'm too lazy to work out cinder block dings in my edges, but some good, friendly, edge retention and knife tests

I would love to see some different types of edge retention tests, I'll try to have plenty of the cardboard tubes, they might be good for that whatever you all want to try.

 

[HandK]

Tagged for interest! And just for the record I'm deadly fast at chopping balsa wood!!

 

[M67]

I think he would try to find "southernish Indiana" if that happened again!

He can search all he wants, but that's the beauty of living in the middle of nowhere

I would love to see some different types of edge retention tests, I'll try to have plenty of the cardboard tubes, they might be good for that whatever you all want to try.

Cardboard tubes I'd think would be okay, I'll have to try and remember to have a lot of cardboard boxes or sheets for cutting. Left over rope for push cutting. Batoning. Feathersticks? Definitely have to remember to bring sheets of paper.

 

[Knife Lady]

Brad and I will not be able to make this one. Brad will be at the Crown Point Gun Show and I cannot drive that far.
It was a good time at the last one. It owuld be nice to see all the different choppers poeple will be using.
All I can say is SHARPEN those edges.

 

[DaKruiser]

how am i supposed to save money when i realize i need some steel?

You better stay away from the Chop-In then!

I won't know my schedule till closer to the date, but very interested!
I have not been to a chop in, and don't own any "good" choppers (YET). But if I'm available and welcome, I would love to come!
Could a guy do anything with an old generic Bowie or something like a Gerber machete?
Could you give me an idea what the "competition" is and how that works?
Thanks for opening up your place for this! Sounds like a fun time!

You're on the list

You should bring your knives so you can compare performance to the other knives there,

The chopping competition is setup on a large table, it starts and ends with a 2x4 chop, in the middle there's golf balls, water bottles, rope, straws, dowel rods, and whatever else I can come up with this year!

 

[Tydeeh22]

You better stay away from the Chop-In then!

never any guarantees DK. you know that

 

[DaKruiser]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPvVdnrPZo0&feature=related

 

[M67]

The chopping competition is setup on a large table, it starts and ends with a 2x4 chop, in the middle there's golf balls, water bottles, rope, straws, dowel rods, and whatever else I can come up with this year!

Soo....can we not have tennis balls this time? Those little buggers were tricky.

Wonder what type of deal we could get on 80 coconuts....?

 

[Glock]

I will definitely be attending this.

 

[tom1025]

So what kind of training if any are you doing to prepare yourself for the Chop In?

I have been practicing with this machette my kids got me for a birthday present a few years back. This thing will barely cut butter. It took about 30 seconds to chop through this log. I figure if I practice with junk I should do fairly well with good steel in my hands.
This is all new to me so I guess time will tell.

 

[Que]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPvVdnrPZo0&feature=related

I guess we will need to lower our table in order to have that kind of leverage. If we could do that Grunt Soldier should be able to do much better.

 

[grunt soldier]

I guess we will need to lower our table in order to have that kind of leverage. If we could do that Grunt Soldier should be able to do much better.

Man for the guy we have seen in a couple videos on this thread struggling to get through a 2x4 and not being able to finish off the final 2x4 your talking a lot of ****. mr 3rd loser

 

[OneBadV8]

Man for the guy we have seen in a couple videos on this thread struggling to get through a 2x4 and not being able to finish off the final 2x4 your talking a lot of ****. mr 3rd loser

Didn't you see the video of him cutting down that giant tree with his Junglas?

 

[Que]

Man for the guy we have seen in a couple videos on this thread struggling to get through a 2x4 and not being able to finish off the final 2x4 your talking a lot of ****. mr 3rd loser

I challenge you to take on a 2x4 with an 2-inch blade.