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Since the rain has finally cleared, I decided to put the Last Chance into action.
We had numerous pepper trees fall because of the rain, alot of heavy limbs etc.
I started out batoning the LC into limbs twice the size of the blade length, I used another piece of limb as a baton, as I dont see using a hammer etc. as anything I would ever use in the wilderness as a baton.
The LC sailed threw the heavy limbs with no problems, it went threw heavy knots with no problem, The big heavy logs I split into fours for firewood, I would split it 3/4 of the way down and then torqe the blade from fron to back as I stood on the logs for leverage, There was nothing the LC couldnt handle except heavy chopping as the blade is only a little over 5 inches in length, I did chop the small limbs that were getting in the way, usually 1 inch dia at the most, this was no problem for this lil hefty blade.
I filled up an entire dumpster full of scrap would that I would have no use in burning etc, I used the LC for close to 5 hours staright, I found no hot spots at all, which is always a plus
When checking the edge, there was no damge at all, and still had a pretty mean bite to it, the edge would shave hair with no problem and shave curls of my finger nail. No blade I have used has held an edge like this, nor have I had a blade that was 1/4 thick be this sharp
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After working up a serious sweat, and having the neighbor yell at me "Get a chainsaw you fool, were not cavemen anymore" LOL I happily placed a log in his pool We have lil wars like this, its all in fun.
Next I did a old trick that Brian Jones had did that I have done before, but dont recommend, but in fear of never having kids, I tried something new.
I pounded the the blade point first into the trunk of a tree that im going to be cutting down soon, I used the same baton and hit the end of the handle until the blade was completly into the tree, With my big fat 185 pound frame
I stood on the handle and bounced up and down, sometimes coming off the handle and landing back on it.
Brian if your reading this, this feels more secure then the other way LOL.
Next was the task of getting the blade out I used the baton to smack the handle from side to side until things loosend up, that had taken about 30 minutes LOL, That tree didnt want to let go God only knows what the neighbor thought when seeing me do this LOL.
I examined the blade and there was nothing, it didnt even phase the blade at all.
Next test was the coyote leg bone, now this isnt dense bone like elk, or cow, something I have used with my FJ to chop threw, the LC sailed right threw the yote bone with no damage to the edge whats so ever.
For my last test I had about 80-90 feet of some old nasty, dirt collecting nylon rope that needed to go, I didnt count how many cuts I made to dispose of it, but it was probably around 60-70 and finally the edge started to loose its bite, it would scrape shave and still slice note book paper, but not with the ease it did before.
Through all of this there was no edge damage, and I brought it back to hair poppin sharp with a strop and 10 minutes of my now tired time.
If you are looking for a compact blade that could pretty much do it all in the woods, except for heavy chopping, the Last Chance is a superb blade, that I will pass on to my kids when I have some LOL, As long as I stop listening to Brian I think I might one day succeed
P.S This was the older LC model
We had numerous pepper trees fall because of the rain, alot of heavy limbs etc.
I started out batoning the LC into limbs twice the size of the blade length, I used another piece of limb as a baton, as I dont see using a hammer etc. as anything I would ever use in the wilderness as a baton.
The LC sailed threw the heavy limbs with no problems, it went threw heavy knots with no problem, The big heavy logs I split into fours for firewood, I would split it 3/4 of the way down and then torqe the blade from fron to back as I stood on the logs for leverage, There was nothing the LC couldnt handle except heavy chopping as the blade is only a little over 5 inches in length, I did chop the small limbs that were getting in the way, usually 1 inch dia at the most, this was no problem for this lil hefty blade.
I filled up an entire dumpster full of scrap would that I would have no use in burning etc, I used the LC for close to 5 hours staright, I found no hot spots at all, which is always a plus
When checking the edge, there was no damge at all, and still had a pretty mean bite to it, the edge would shave hair with no problem and shave curls of my finger nail. No blade I have used has held an edge like this, nor have I had a blade that was 1/4 thick be this sharp
.After working up a serious sweat, and having the neighbor yell at me "Get a chainsaw you fool, were not cavemen anymore" LOL I happily placed a log in his pool
We have lil wars like this, its all in fun.Next I did a old trick that Brian Jones had did that I have done before, but dont recommend, but in fear of never having kids, I tried something new.
I pounded the the blade point first into the trunk of a tree that im going to be cutting down soon, I used the same baton and hit the end of the handle until the blade was completly into the tree, With my big fat 185 pound frame
I stood on the handle and bounced up and down, sometimes coming off the handle and landing back on it.Brian if your reading this, this feels more secure then the other way LOL.
Next was the task of getting the blade out
I used the baton to smack the handle from side to side until things loosend up, that had taken about 30 minutes LOL, That tree didnt want to let go God only knows what the neighbor thought when seeing me do this LOL.I examined the blade and there was nothing, it didnt even phase the blade at all.
Next test was the coyote leg bone, now this isnt dense bone like elk, or cow, something I have used with my FJ to chop threw, the LC sailed right threw the yote bone with no damage to the edge whats so ever.
For my last test I had about 80-90 feet of some old nasty, dirt collecting nylon rope that needed to go, I didnt count how many cuts I made to dispose of it, but it was probably around 60-70 and finally the edge started to loose its bite, it would scrape shave and still slice note book paper, but not with the ease it did before.
Through all of this there was no edge damage, and I brought it back to hair poppin sharp with a strop and 10 minutes of my now tired time.
If you are looking for a compact blade that could pretty much do it all in the woods, except for heavy chopping, the Last Chance is a superb blade, that I will pass on to my kids when I have some LOL, As long as I stop listening to Brian I think I might one day succeed
P.S This was the older LC model
i finally am getting a fehrman or at least i hope i am as i sent the money order already. i was close to getting a cold fury once and even had e-mailed eric to say i was sending payment but then something came up and was unable to. (sorry eric 
) thiis time i found a hoodhunter for sale by a member of the hoodlums forums and couldn't resist the temptation for $375. i just hope i don't get screwed as i don't know the seller 
