BATAC thoughts

MustardMan said:
Those hand shaped handles look great - did you do them truly by hand, or use some machinery to assist you? I've thought about undertaking a similar project on my FSH but it would be my first attempt at such a mod, and a bit pricey of a knife to learn on...
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I did these with a file and an orbital sander (which I am especially experienced with). They are then buffed out with the 3M stripping wheels in a 1/2" drill chuck.
I had it with doing them manually after stripping and polishing a HHFSH and ST Ripper by hand.
 
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Yep, love the BATACs:
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Personally, I love my BATAC. It's one of my two favorites. Here it is, with a kydex pocket sheath.

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and here it is, being carried in that same sheath. The sheath came with a IWB loop, which I took off. I then turned the snap around so that the flat part is on the outside, and catches on the hem at the top of my pocket. It works really well.

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Batac is aight... but the SAR5 gives you the same edge length (cutting power) in a shorter and lighter overall package.... and without the choil!!! :thumbup:

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kdstrick said:
Batac is aight... but the SAR5 gives you the same edge length (cutting power) in a shorter and lighter overall package.... and without the choil!!! :thumbup:
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But there's no skull crusher! What do you do when you want to crush a skull and you have no skull crusher handy? :eek::confused:
 
Great thread! BATAC is one of my favorite knives! The one pictured below has been my hiking companion for quite some time. Great all-arounder!
Now it will get some rest, because of that double cut TB - which has one major advantage for me over the batac. It's choiless :D
Choiless Batac - that would be awesome!:thumbup:~

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I'm kinda ashamed of admitting this, but I have traded away my BATAC, I already miss it. But that got me an ASH-1 which I need a bit more.
 
Well I had enough $$$ to get me a BM, I'd keep the BATAC for sure. A GW, BATAC, BM is a perfect trio, for any job. But as I can only have 2 blades, I figured ASH-1 would be a perfect compromise between a BATAC and BM. And I was right, the ASH-1 CG is a monster, its as thick as 2 BATAC's so it will out chop some small hatchets out there.

Well at least I'm sure that my BATAC went into good hands. Thanks Armorer.
 
Pretty cool Knife. I traded into one, and like it more than I thought I would. Of course it helps, that it has a Horton Platinum Convex Edge on it. :D
 
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