batoning folder????

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spyder8

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i need help 2 find a large folder that can be batoned
the only thing is that it MUST be a folder
 
I wouldn't do this with any of my fixed blades, let alone one of my folders. If I were faced with this problem I'd consider a friction folder. Anza make one that you could no doubt use.
 
spyder8 said:
i need help 2 find a large folder that can be batoned
the only thing is that it MUST be a folder
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How hard do you plan on hitting it?

godot said:
I wouldn't do this with any of my fixed blades ....
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You need better knives, unless all your knives are 1/16" hollow ground M2 blades at 65 HRC.

-Cliff
 
Haven't I heard of people doing this with a large Doug Ritter Grip?
 
Cliff Stamp said:
How hard do you plan on hitting it?


You need better knives, unless all your knives are 1/16" hollow ground M2 blades at 65 HRC.

-Cliff
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My fixed blades include a Nkonka, a Mnr1, a Mean Street and a Colin Cox. I'm sure I could use any of them for bottoning, I just wouldn't.

A friction folder is sort of like a stright razor, but with a blade instead of a razor.
 
Well I am going to show my ignorance...What is batoning? I think I have a pretty good idea would just like to know for sure. Thanks!
 
Its hitting the spine (opposite side from the sharp bit) with a piece of wood to enable you to split a log or piece of wood. As long as you are not a beast, most folders will hold up.
 
Any decent folder can stand a whack or two from a nicely debarked baton*. I wouldn't be afraid to whack any of my Buck 110's in an emergency situation - but if it was a life or death situation and all I had on me was a Kershaw Bump....... I'd think seriously about dying :p.



*Whack it enough and it's guaranteed to loosen up your lock-up........ now you can call it your old lady :D.
 
Was it at Tactical Knives magazine article (I can't quite remember) wherein the Rittergrip underwent such atrocities? :confused:
 
I once batoned my cheap SOG Autoclip... with a hammer!!!! :eek:
(don't ask)

Anyway, the knife survived, still strong but with a nice scar in the spine...

I think that any decent knife can survive batoning if you know how to do it...


BETO

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Sorry for my english :o
 
something closer 2 a 5in blade would b nice

can a twistmaster b used?
or how about a crkt m-16?
 
WadeF said:
Haven't I heard of people doing this with a large Doug Ritter Grip?
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I saw an article with photos in either TK magazine or one of the other two major knife mags a few months back. Surprised the heck out of me that the guy testing the knife did this, and that the knife survived the treatment.
 
There were two articals in Blade magazine;

Dec 2004 page 94: "How to turn your folder into an ax"

Feb 2005 page 114: "Build a shelter in an hour-with a folder"

Both articals are by James Ayres

Reading the articals I get the sence that these are last ditch survival techniques. They will indead work, but are considered (even by the author) to be abuse to the knife. Very interesting and enlightining non the less.

-Scott
 
a large tough folder you could smack with a log to split wood hmmm? Sounds like Manix material to me. strider if you want to spend more.
 
bama_lou said:
Was it at Tactical Knives magazine article (I can't quite remember) wherein the Rittergrip underwent such atrocities? :confused:
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That is correct, and the technique is certainly not abuse in any sense, at least with regards the RSK MkI or any other well constructed reasonably robust folder.

Doug (remote London - COSPAS SARSAT JC Meeting)
 
Hmmm. A folder to baton? I would think that doing that aggressively on a routine basis would be hard on just about any folder. I assume the reason you want to baton is that you are planning to use it in an aggressive manner or at least you plan to use it to cut something that can't be easily sliced. If you're going to be doing fine wood carving and just tapping the back of the blade, probably many folders will work well for you.
 
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