Batoning competition, bk9 vs Ontario vs khukuri

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The result of this comparison were very, very unexpected by me. I am not the best baton... er, but I really felt that the full flat grind of the Rtak II and the Sp5 gave them an advantage while batoning.

Don't worry guys, I LOVE the king, and there are still quite a few comparisons to go!

https://youtu.be/nrMB8QkZq5g
 
Oh yes, very interested. Got caught up in reading the YT comments.

Curious, did you try the BK9 with another piece of wood? Wood is so variable, it would seem logical to test again if the performance of any blade was beyond expectations, good or bad.

More please.
 
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Nice video, interesting results.

I haven't done a whole lot of batoning but I might get some knives out today and see how they do against each other on some firewood.
 
Well, what I really should have done was do each knife 5 times, and taken an average of all 5 attempts for each knife.
But I don't have the $ for 4x4s right now :/
What I will say is that the inside of all the 4x4s looked the same, except the first attempt on the sp10. It has a small knot. Not that it should have made things so difficult as it did...

When I start making $ on YouTube, I will be upgrading my equipment, and spending more $ on videos. Right now I just have to do as well as I can with what I have.
I will say that the Sp5, Rtak II, and bk9 all perform very darn well, and that they are all quite close. I know, or have a good feeling that the Bk9 will be making some points up on my finite chores test.

Do you guys have any ideas or recommendations for new tests?
 
Got to do some batoning today:
Started with these knives and this pre-split wood.

BK9, BK2, SP10 and TGLB all did fine splitting this wood.

So I got out some whole pieces to make it more challenging.

The SP10 was the worst with these hard a rough time getting the log split, required a lot of hits and vibration in the handle was bad.
The BK2 did real good as long as it the blade was longer then the diameter of the log being split.
The TGLB did really good, split the logs easily and hardly any vibration in the handle.
The BK9 did really good, minimal vibration in the handle, it did hang up in this log.
(you can see the tip bending to the left)

Took it slow and managed to get the log split, pretty tough for a 3/16" blade.

Was fun though, not a bad way to kill some time and play with some knives.
 
Awesome!
Thanks for the pics!
The sp10 beast the HECK out of my hand. It is a popular knife, but I think when you compare it back to back, the width of the blade and the shallow grind give it brick like geometry.

I might have to do a review on why I DONT like the Sp10...

The only problem is that I WANT to like it.
 
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