Took my new BK&T Campanion that I won in the
guess the knives in Dexter's vest contest out for a little test drive. There is(was) a blue spruce tree about 8 ft. tall on the edge of my property. Too much road salt had pretty much killed it so I was taking it out.
Instead of a saw I decided to use the Campanion.The weight of the blade made it easy to shear off the branches.It worked best when"chopped" with a slicing motion. On branches smaller than about thumb size,care had to be taken as there was not enough resistance to prevent the blade from popping through and endangering my leg! After pruning all branches ,I attacked the base of the now nude trunk. It was about 10" in diameter.The Campanions handle gave a very secure grip and caused no "hotspots" or blisters.The first whack buried the blade about halfway and took some leveraging to work free.No problem.The next couple of chops took out some good size chunks and in about 3 minutes the job was done.
The edge was bent over a little but still sharp enough to use. A few strokes on my Norton stone soon had it as good as new.
No nicks or chips occured in the edge.
This knife will become part of my campimg kit and I'm sure will handle all the chores I'll ask of it. From shelter building to making firewood I'm looking forward to years of use from it.
Rex
guess the knives in Dexter's vest contest out for a little test drive. There is(was) a blue spruce tree about 8 ft. tall on the edge of my property. Too much road salt had pretty much killed it so I was taking it out.
Instead of a saw I decided to use the Campanion.The weight of the blade made it easy to shear off the branches.It worked best when"chopped" with a slicing motion. On branches smaller than about thumb size,care had to be taken as there was not enough resistance to prevent the blade from popping through and endangering my leg! After pruning all branches ,I attacked the base of the now nude trunk. It was about 10" in diameter.The Campanions handle gave a very secure grip and caused no "hotspots" or blisters.The first whack buried the blade about halfway and took some leveraging to work free.No problem.The next couple of chops took out some good size chunks and in about 3 minutes the job was done.
The edge was bent over a little but still sharp enough to use. A few strokes on my Norton stone soon had it as good as new.
No nicks or chips occured in the edge.
This knife will become part of my campimg kit and I'm sure will handle all the chores I'll ask of it. From shelter building to making firewood I'm looking forward to years of use from it.
Rex