CS Trail Master fails miserably

[mct453]

I hope this isn't too bad off subject but here's one my Father got for me last Christmas.

 

[Bobby Craig]

11111

 

[Bobby Craig]

11111

 

[mct453]

10 and 1 sounds good brother.

 

[cgd160]

This is the fourth or fifth TM I have seen break in that spot. There is obviously a flaw in either the design or manufacture of those knives.

Any piece of steel that is properly treated for durability, should take wild batoning with a smile. Technique becomes important if your knife is weak. Anyone saying different has no clue how strong steel is. Any knife maker saying different knows that their product is weak and is covering their butt before something happens.

For any of you "knives break" guys, ever hear of one of those long knives, what are they called, oh yeah now I remember, A SWORD, I wonder what those are made of.

 

[GrinderMcgee]

This is the fourth or fifth TM I have seen break in that spot. There is obviously a flaw in either the design or manufacture of those knives.

Were all 5 of them Chinese knives on the internet?

I'd love to see someone make a SMIII knife snap clean in half in that spot.

 

[Bill86]

it wasn't the batoning that broke the knife...that dudes voice was so high pitched the knife didn't want to hear it and simply killed itself.

 

[marthinus]

it wasn't the batoning that broke the knife...that dudes voice was so high pitched the knife didn't want to hear it and simply killed itself.

:thumbup:

Personally, I would use an axe on something that big. Using a knife to do batoning IMO is a last resort. Can be done, but you get specialised axes these days for splitting wood, chopping trees etc. Right tool for the job and all that. Seems people are forgetting the importance of a good axe.

 

[cziv]

it wasn't the batoning that broke the knife...that dudes voice was so high pitched the knife didn't want to hear it and simply killed itself.

Good call. Probably hit the resonant frequency to affect the metal's heat treatment and cause breakage at it's most vulnerable spot.

 

[GregS]

So you guys don't think large knives should be used for batoning or chopping? (I'm sure this particular trail master would also have failed from chopping alone, eventually. Or maybe from accidentally being dropped onto a hard surface). I understand this is somewhat of a controversial topic, but weren't these large knives designed for processing firewood, i.e. chopping down small trees and batoning? What else would you use them for in the woods?

Welcome to Bladeforums.

I agree 100%, I have plenty of knives I would never and have never hesitated to baton with. But hey, if guys want to haul an axe or hatchet on the trail... let them.:yawn:

 

[GregS]

Lol!:thumbup:

And don't you come out until Lynn Thompson tells you you can!

 

[hkpokes_you]

Obviously, that log was too big for *that* particular knife -- but I wonder if that means it's too big of a log simpliciter.

I like the Recon Scout and the Trailmaster quite a bit. Granted - I haven't had either break on me - but, they have always struck me as wonderful knives for the money.

Still though, if I were making a knife -- from the ground up -- to baton through logs like that as one of it's primary functions it wouldn't be mistaken for a TM clone.