Awesome edge retention !!!

pitdog

pitdog

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I retired my MOD4 last year and replaced it with my Swamprat ChopWeiler as my main kindling maker. I have not been kind at all to this knife and smashed it through frozen Maple, Knotty pine etc and it's come through with flying colours, in fact I have still not had to touch up the edge. Admitedly battoning does not wear down the edge as much as cutting but will dull it after a while and I also do use it to cut stuff from time to time as well !!!

Anyway decided to take a couple of pics today......

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So how's it cut after all this abuse ? Well after making this fuzz stick I'd say not bad at all !!!!

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I really like your gnarly baton.




"If you're not living on the edge, …you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike
 
Sweet pics Pit!!!!

SR101 holds an edge so well. Some say better than INFI. I really want an SR101 chopper to compare. I really wish the Swamp would come out with something new already. Im going to convex my Ratmandu next time Im at Bans.
 
I've had INFI Busse choppers and SR101 Swamp Rat choppers. In my experience, it seems like SR101 may have slightly greater wear resistance than INFI, but (when chopping dirty wood) SR101 is more prone to microscopic chips, and so it still loses its edge a little faster. And when it comes to bringing back a good edge, I find INFI much easier. (Keep in mind that I really suck at sharpening, honing, stropping, etc.)
 
Battoning actually doesn't put that much stress on the edge. Most of the time it's not even in contact with wood.
 
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