full-flat grind battoning question

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joninthetolet

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iv recently been looking at nutnfancy's knife reviews on youtube, and he seems to prefer the full-flat grind on survival knives like all rat knives when battoning. he says they act like a wedge when going through wood. iv been thinking about this in my ever-so-long english classes, and wouldn't a full flat grind actually have more friction? i mean like, a full flat ground knife would have all the surface area rubbed on by wood when battoning. now, i am not extremely expierienced on the topic of survival knives, but with a partially flat-ground blade like the ka-bar bk2 wouldn't there be less surface contacting the wood and creating friction? any info or answers would help, thanks!
 
The fact that more surface area is in contact with the wood is offset by the inverse to the proportional gravataional force of the weight of the steel at 6,000 ft above sea level, per square meter, and times 3.74.

Actually, I cant back any of that up... but I do know that it seems to me that a full flat grind doesnt get stuck as much and this might be due to the fact that no piece of wood is free of knots. When your knife encounters one, it binds and the amount of force required to break the fibers up is, in part, determined by the angle the blade is in relation to it.
 
Any knife will baton wood as long as it's sharp enough and stout enough to take it.

A full flat grind will perform better in other tasks like finer cutting and carving, I would concern myself with that kind of stuff more.
 
I do not agree with alot of nutnfancys views, but I do prefer a full flat grind, not bcuz it batons better but bcuz, as shottgunner siad, it slices better. just my .02
 
Well, if you DO hit a knot then a FFG will be able cut through the knot by batoning, lessening the effort necessary to get through it. Maybe. :D
 
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