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Okay, yet another contraversial topic brought to the front 
Yeah saws work great, as do axes. They are good tools for cutting logs into smaller chunks. So are big knives!
Hey Guys, not to get all preachy here, but the thread is about batoning and batoning technique. Not whether you like it or not. If you don't baton, you probably shouldn't be posting here (my $0.02 = 0.0193 CDN worth). Of course, threads take a life of their own, but won't you agree that the main premise for arguments taking place in the last two pages have started elsewhere?
I for one would like to bring in yet another contraversial character - Mr. Cliff Stamp, prior to his banning. I don't want to talk about Cliff per se, but just prior to his departure he was making a case that most knives, even those silly Hibon and United Cutlery fantasy blades will survive batoning. To further his case, he used one from United Cutlery I think. Anyway his point was that you don't need a supersteel to perform this activity.
I myself, since joining the forums and learning about batoning have become much more confident in it. The last time I car camped, 4d, the axe stayed in the truck and I used my buck 119 for all of the splitting, food prep, rope cutting and other camp chores. Admittedly, I had to buy split wood (half split - popular, maple) from the park as per their rules. Not once did I feel an urge to grab the axe out of the truck. While less efficient on the larger splits, the knife allowed me to make really precise splits on the smaller pieces which produced better kindling IMHO
The main point I am trying to say is that the 119 held up quite fine at its cutting as well as splitting chores. I didn't even bother to strop it on my belt as it wasn't losing much cutting performance. I did re-touch it up at home after the trip - but that is just something I now like to do.
I do recall a few times making an effort to keep the blade straight when splitting stubborn wood. I had read the article before making the trip, so it was something I was conscious of. I doesn't really put you at a disadvantage to straighten the blade, other then having you pay attention to what is going on. I can see the point of the author though. Try it yourself, when the blade is batoned tip up, there seems to be much more upward thrust into your hand of the handle then when straight.
I found the battoning article very informative. I'll have to try the technique using the methodology. Maybe I'm ignorant here but would a good saw like the gerber folder do just as well if not better and not risk damaging your knife.
Yeah saws work great, as do axes. They are good tools for cutting logs into smaller chunks. So are big knives!
Hey Guys, not to get all preachy here, but the thread is about batoning and batoning technique. Not whether you like it or not. If you don't baton, you probably shouldn't be posting here (my $0.02 = 0.0193 CDN worth). Of course, threads take a life of their own, but won't you agree that the main premise for arguments taking place in the last two pages have started elsewhere?
I for one would like to bring in yet another contraversial character - Mr. Cliff Stamp, prior to his banning. I don't want to talk about Cliff per se, but just prior to his departure he was making a case that most knives, even those silly Hibon and United Cutlery fantasy blades will survive batoning. To further his case, he used one from United Cutlery I think. Anyway his point was that you don't need a supersteel to perform this activity.
I myself, since joining the forums and learning about batoning have become much more confident in it. The last time I car camped, 4d, the axe stayed in the truck and I used my buck 119 for all of the splitting, food prep, rope cutting and other camp chores. Admittedly, I had to buy split wood (half split - popular, maple) from the park as per their rules. Not once did I feel an urge to grab the axe out of the truck. While less efficient on the larger splits, the knife allowed me to make really precise splits on the smaller pieces which produced better kindling IMHO
The main point I am trying to say is that the 119 held up quite fine at its cutting as well as splitting chores. I didn't even bother to strop it on my belt as it wasn't losing much cutting performance. I did re-touch it up at home after the trip - but that is just something I now like to do.
I do recall a few times making an effort to keep the blade straight when splitting stubborn wood. I had read the article before making the trip, so it was something I was conscious of. I doesn't really put you at a disadvantage to straighten the blade, other then having you pay attention to what is going on. I can see the point of the author though. Try it yourself, when the blade is batoned tip up, there seems to be much more upward thrust into your hand of the handle then when straight.
I'm too tough to use those little pipsqueak knives, I need a real man's knife, I guess for yall little posers those little slivers of a knife might be all right, hahahahah.
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