Spyderco Hossums, hard use outdoor knife?

[Ram0283]

Here lately I've been really looking for a good, large fix blade for some outdoor use. If I get one, I want one that can take a beating and really be a great hard use FB. I've narrowed it down to a RTAK II or a Cold Steal Trail Master both in 1095 steels, but I've always wanted a Spyderco Hossum, but can't really seem to find alot of "real world" reviews on them and don't know much about N690CO steel. Not sure if anyone here will know the answer, but knowing the RTAK and TM both can take a beating(and give a beating), do you think the Hossums are in the same class? Or are they more for..."less abusive" situations?

Oh, and when I say take a beating, I'm talking about being able to chop through logs with it, and for anyone who's on youtube, check out Nutnfancy's latest outdoors videos to see the type of use I'm talking about: http://www.youtube.com/user/nutnfancy

So what do you think? Anyone with a Hossum put one to the test? We need more info on these awsome looking knives. :D

[The Deacon]

Don't own any of them, but IIRC there were links posted shortly after the Hossoms came out of someone in Europe using one to hack apart a small wooden building. The Hossom seemed to fare fairly well.

[yablanowitz]

In side by side by side chopping on a 4" thick locust wood log, the Hossum Forester got left behind by both a Case Bowie and a Western Bowie of the same size, but of the three I believe the Forester would take that use the longest. The other two had edges about half as thick as the Forester, and the Western's blade was only about half as thick, with the Case in between.

If the hours I spent on the Duckfoot thinning out my Dayhiker to something resembling an edge were any indication, the steel should wear well. Chopping on that hardwood log for half an hour certainly had no visible effect on the edge.

[matt321]

This video has some visual comparisons of big choppers:
http://newgraham.com/we7.aspx

[CombatGrappler]

LOL @ unintentional "Cold Steal."