Cold Steel Recon Tanto sk-5 good for splitting wood

Triton said:
This. In my never to be humble opinion the whole concept smacks of the wilderness equivalent of being a mall ninja. Campground savage maybe? I've often wondered where folks are that there is not a thing that can be used as kindling but there are all these handy pre-cut logs lying about. If it's truly a survival situation why risk damaging a useful tool? If it's not I would suggest a splitting
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Camp sites where you buy your own wood are generally stripped of kindling.
 
The tanto blade is not a good field blade. It's not designed to be a field blade. It's also not designed to be used for chopping wood. It can be used for that (almost anything with a wedge shape can) but it's not a good choice. Do yourself a favor and look for a traditional drop point or clip point blade with a flat grind. As a knife it (also) won't be designed for chopping wood, but it will do the job better than the tanto.
 
I don't know about that... a clip/drop with a flat grind is going to get buried/stuck in the wood before any splitting happens. A chonky CS tanto has more of a saber grind, aka it gets fatter faster, which makes it a better wedge.
 
It's hard to think of "bullet proof" and "knife" in the same sentence - especially in an outdoor setting without immediately thinking of the Becker BK-2.
 
Get a FROE instead. They are made to be whacked with a wood mallet (batoned) to split wood.
A good shingle Froe will probably cost less than the CS, and last a lot longer, too.
 
Boombats said:
What is this, BladeFroeums.com ?
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Back when the question revolved around "I am looking for a cheap bullet proof knife dedicated for splitting wood" it seemed prudent to offer recommendations for the best tool froe the job. Now that it's clear they don't want the best tool for the job and are instead just interested in buying a big knife to abuse I'll put in another two bits:

Used Himalayan Imports CAK
 
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The Cold Steel Recon in SK5 is absolutely fine for batoning wood rounds. It's thick enough, has a decent 7 inch blade length, is made of tough low hardness steel, has a shallow hollow grind that's basically a saber grind, and is inexpensive.
 
Triton said:
If you are at such a campsite then you are not in a survival situation and the sentence about using an ax would seem to apply.
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You might be fighting for space a bit. For me my only reason for a fixed blade is essentially to smash things with it.

Otherwise a folder does fine.
 
dogstar said:
Why doesn't it matter?
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Because you don't have to own a tool to know that it's the right tool for the job.

If you don't own a chainsaw and some asks you "What's the best, cheapest, tool to fell a tree"; you won't be wrong if you say "hundred dollar chainsaw from Home Depot". Until they say "well, I don't like chainsaws and I don't want to buy one".
 
NapalmCheese said:
Because you don't have to own a tool to know that it's the right tool for the job.

If you don't own a chainsaw and some asks you "What's the best, cheapest, tool to fell a tree"; you won't be wrong if you say "hundred dollar chainsaw from Home Depot". Until they say "well, I don't like chainsaws and I don't want to buy one".
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I personally would not recommend something I have zero experience with.
 
Circumstances are always unique.

Being that this is a knife forum, it's not unreasonable to ask what knives can chop down trees.

Of course a chainsaw is better.

But there is nothing wrong with offering opinions on what knife may work better than others.
 
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