If my wife and I ever decided to have another kid I might name it stump. Seems to work well
for boys or girls. I miss my stump, there were a lot of stumps like it, but that one
was mine. But we move on dry our tears, and we buck up because they’re are a lot of
stumps in the yard. Then maybe come up with other solutions until we find a serial killer
on craigslist giving away free stumps. Sometimes I think I risk alienating new viewers to the
channel, with delving too much into channel lore, and obscure inside knife jokes- but
whose fault is that- if I have to watch all my videos so should everyone else. The Sabol
Brothers is a small company out of Slovakia, that normally specialize in beautiful useful
kitchen knives, but also thankfully make knives for dumbasses like myself. Like the Chopper
seen here. Choppers are a special stupid class of knives that are made by nearly every company
now, when more and more of us live in apartments, hunt for our fast casual food on Yelp, and
avoid doing work on computers all day. Sabol contacted me last October about reviewing
their chopper- and I thought they had forgotten about me until April when I got a shipping
notification… luckily the USPS forwarded my package to California. They said they made
some changes to their production equipment, and they seem to be back in business. Anyway
a big beautiful expensive chopper which we will now examine the dimensions of like the
overall length and weight… with and without the sheath. Note Sabol Brothers doesn’t
include sheath hardware, but I bought some and thats included in sheath weight. Blade
size and cutting edge. I think I have a stump guy lined up for the weekend. Handle size
and grip area. If this is my last video it was either a fatal batoning accident or I
was offed by an extremely cunning serial killer who targets influencers. Spine thickness and
handle thickness. I mean if they caught him would they even convict him because he’s
offering a useful public service. You think I tell anyone I have a Youtube channel? Tallnesses.
(Stump guy voice) Hey man whatcha need theses stumps for. You don’t film Yourself for
Youtube do ya? (Me) Oh no sir, I just need a stump to make love to. (Stump guy). Might
I recommend the Eucalyptus? Less splinters. And then down in the comments (know it all
voice)Uhh actually the Eucalptyis grain structure lends itself to more splinters than other
hard woods.
So the Sabol Brothers chopper is an Esee Junglas sized fixed blade with a thick ass blade stock.
They make these in many flavors of steel but this one is made from Uddeholm Rigor which
is described as an A2 tool steel. The other flavors available in this $400 knife are N690,
Elmax, Vanadis 4 Extra, M390, Durex Ultra Lubricated, and Vanadis 8- but those cost
more. Sabol Brothers say Rigor has an HRC of 59. The satin finished blade has a center
of balance about 2 and a half fingers north of a quillion. This style blade, which looks
to have a flat grind to me, most closely resembles the Carotheres 10” Medium chopper I reviewed
last year, but a little bit heavier. It came just an average sharp out of the box- good
for chopping but not shaving arm hair. So far I’ve spent about 2 hours on the sharp
maker and still haven’t worked my way down to the edge. You might point out that I suck
at sharpening- and you’d be right. Which is why I have the sharp maker and don’t
make sharpening videos.
The handle. The handle is nice and comfortable. It’s a thick full tang with G10, red liners
and black scales. There’s a nice swell in the middle, which reminds me a little of the
Survive! Knives handle, but you wouldn’t know that because that order you placed in
1992 just got sent to Steve for final handle inspection- Then it goes to Dwanye for overall
QC, then Phil for sheath fitment. Fun Fact at Survive! Those three steps take 4 and a
half years. The Sabol fits my hand very well, there’s a significant finger guard too-
and even room for larger hands than my own. I don’t know what other handle colors are
available, but you could Facebook message them to ask.
The sheath. The sheath is kydex, and it comes without hardware. It’s pretty good, but
basic. I don’t know how excited you’re supposed to get about a Kydex sheath. I was
able to use a Junglas dangler and leg strap kit from Adam and Eve .com sorry I meant Linos
Sheathworks. I would assume that most Junglas hardware would work- just the hardware because
the knives themselves are pretty different. That was about $44 and I’ll link it below.
For my money a dangler that straps to the leg is the best solution for choppers. It
keeps the heavy knife from swinging around if you forget to take it off for your Pilates
class.
Comparisons. Sometimes I wish I still had the Carothers. I liked it, but it’s like
nearly $600 now. Supposedly it has one of the best heat treats out there- but you know
that’s hard to make a determination of for using it for a few hours. It has this ring
to it when you chop that other knives don’t. But in the meantime the Sabol chopper is loving
the one your with. I’d like to point out that’s the second time I’ve used that
Steven Still lyric- an illustration that the channel writing isn’t improving- so get
out while you can. It’s a big heavy knife- it does need to be a bit sharper- it doesn’t
work well with the sharpmakers angle, so if you don’t have the time to do it yourself
or don’t quite make enough money selling drugs or shoplifting for an advanced sharpening
system- maybe have someone sharpen it for you. That blade stock is thick! Now the Esee
Junglas. I’ve just called it Junglas so much, it feels wrong pronouncing it right
Hoon-glas. The Esee has a thinner blade stock, so it’s a quicker initial sharpen than the
Sabol. It’s a large grip knife, with a very comfortable handle, center of balance is a
little closer to the handle than the sabol. Remember people who can free hand or have
advanced sharpening methods, it may not be a problem for, but I suck at free handing-
I don’t care how easy you say it is… so I’m a low tech low time sharpening guy-
and I prefer a lower maintainance edge.. which for me is thinner and matches 20 degrees per
side well- which you know is the sharp makers thing. Now the Kailash Pensioner Kukri, which
runs you about $200. Haven’t chopped with this yet, but I’m real excited to. It’s
way sharper out of the package and has a very nice handle. Look for an upcoming review of
this. Now the Becker BK-9. Easy to keep sharp, kinda the ugly one of the bunch- but there
ain’t nothing wrong with that. Not a a stellar sheath, but I guess that’s what $90 gets
you. Here is a smaller knife. I mean it still has a 7 inch blade, sets you back about $65.
Oh yeah people might want to see The skrama. Comfortable handle, pretty sharp- only $100,
depending on sheaths and options. Pretty fun chopper- kinda fugly.
I think we’re done. The Sabol brother chopper is pretty nice looking, and is almost there
in terms of a beast of a high end chopper. It has the right hand feel, and a nice big
long spine, that makes you just want to whack it. It needs to be sharper initially, and
maybe a more dramatic taper close to the edge, so it doesn’t take forever to re-set the
edge. It has a great handle, and a good sheath once you dangalize it. Thanks to Sabol Brothers
for sending this in for review. Looks like their website is still in progress, which
I’ll link below. I’ll also link their Facebook page which has all sorts of beautiful
kitchen knives. And looks like their other Facebook page is older and not updated but
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