Yes, I know this is an old thread but you dont have to read it and I wanted to comment in a closed thread in which a critical Youtuber basically was crapped on by people pointing to his use of the blade but unfairly ommiting a bunch of factual evidence that favoured his conclusion.
First of all HOW anyone batons and whether it is "proper" or not is purely subjective. Its like saying anyone who doesn't eat their steak well done is a retarded monkey. The fact is Buck promoted this knife for batoning, period. In the guys video, he plainly shows us the included instructions for...drum roll...BATONING! As large as Buck is and considering they sell sharp objects to consumers, its their moral and legal duty to print any kind of limitations regarding uses which THEY suggest. Not only was batoning included on his manual but there was a promotional video with the designer batoning througgh what appeared to be frozen wood(not that it being frozen is relevent). So all the critics and name callers best be using all the facts in their name calling arguments because ,like it or not, the Hoodlum was marketed specifically with batoning and there was no legalese limiting size,wood type or skill level(I think its safe to say judging by both the manual INSTRUCTION and Mr.Hood having to explain what we knife people know that Buck expected noobs to baton with it). Its either ignorance or blind herd mentality to not see what is not only written clearly but actually illustrated AND demonstrated in video by the very company making this knife. Unbelievable.
Secondly, the retarded monkey, unlike the hypocrite name caller, plainly states his case, that it failed due to being laser cut rather than milled. Again, the sheeple seemed to have forgotten these little tidbits in their witch hunt. He recalls an interview with Adam from E2E and Mrs. Hood where she mentions the knife failures which were fixed when the product was milled as opposed to being laser cut. Then he posts an image of Buck testing the knife which had "mill" written on the blade but when he contacts Buck(after already sending 3 emails without a reply) the warranty guy, while discussing the knifes details, mentions they are all lazer cut! This is a whole lot of evidence against the manufacture for being a retarded monkey, I would argue the only retards here are the ones who spew subjective weak opinions based on nothing but drivel while omitting these facts because then they would look as feeble as their argument. Some dolt on youtube then digs the grave deeper suggesting we should all take the warranty guys word with a grain of salt. Well, if the warranty guy is lying,thats is Bucks issue too,and if he is making it up then that is also Bucks issue as he is acting for Buck.
Bottom line is this it was wholey unfair to attack this guy and completely leave out everything that favoured his POV. If you are a big knife company and advertise it to be used for a specific task, it should perform that task without question unless you explicitly state otherwise. As a consumer knife company it should be a freaking given,especially if you have to explain what batoning is, that absolute novices will be doing it. This is even more important considering its also being targeted towards the "survival" market. A knife whos tip flies off isn't exactly a bonus in a survival situation.
Finally, I really don't care if I get hate over this because I detest fanboys, name calling critics who cowardly leave out everything and everything that could have fairly shed light on the matter and these high and mighty know-it-alls who deem their particular system superior to all others despite the fact that everyone is better or worse at every task and that not everyone lives in the same environment or does the same work with their tools. This ignorance is beyond annoying and only shows me that you likely aren't as smart as you think considering the obvious.
Thank you, good night and happy trails.
