Recommendation? I'd like to know about everyone's method of making or carrying your knife baton ! Show me your batons with knives .

DocJD

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I recently received a nice 3V Master Hunter , Cold Steel . :cool:

Seems plenty thick and tough for my first real serious adventures in using a baton with a knife .

But I got out in the woods to work , forgetting to bring along anything to use for the baton .

Of course , I could have made one , but didn't know what would be best to make for this purpose .

Plus , I had no baton to help me make the baton I needed . 🤯

I had only this 4.5" fixed blade, at 6.4 oz. Not much of a chopper . So ideal knife for actually needing some baton enhancement .

So I decided just to come here and ask the experts about their batons ;and how / what kind they make on site , or carry . to use with various knives .
 
I’m not a woodsman, and have never used a baton.

But I am a retired engineer who can’t help but make a guess:

A baton could be made of green wood (heavier), with a diameter the same as the blade height, and at least a foot long.

To me, the knife you have looks capable of making one?
 
drawkcaB said:
the knife you have looks capable of making one?
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DocJD said:
I could have made one , but didn't know what would be best to make for this purpose .
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It seems like it would take a bit of time and effort to make a decently heavy and sturdy baton ?

If I took that much time and energy , I'd want to keep it forever ...care for and treasure . *
drawkcaB said:
A baton could be made of green wood (heavier), with a diameter the same as the blade height, and at least a foot long.
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Thanks , I'm definitely NOT an engineer or similar .

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*Or at least keep out there in the woods , to use again ?
 
I don't baton very often at all, but when I do I just find a log about wrist/forearm diameter and break it into a foot and a half length or so. Pretty much any wood works good as long as it's not rotten.
 
DocJD said:
It seems like it would take a bit of time and effort to make a decently heavy and sturdy baton ?

If I took that much time and energy , I'd want to keep it forever ...care for and treasure . *

Thanks , I'm definitely NOT an engineer or similar .

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*Or at least keep out there in the woods , to use again ?
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A baton is a stick. By definition the woods are full of trees, therefore full of sticks. Bringing sticks into the woods is like carrying coals to Newcastle.....
Pick up a heavy stick and use it. Whack a blade enough with a wood baton and it will splinter and crack, so don't waste time making something special.
 
Arathol said:
A baton is a stick. By definition the woods are full of trees, therefore full of sticks. Bringing sticks into the woods is like carrying coals to Newcastle.....
Pick up a heavy stick and use it. Whack a blade enough with a wood baton and it will splinter and crack, so don't waste time making something special.
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When I'm batonninig I usually want to get a lot of different batons of all sorts of different weights and lengths. I usually try to get several arm loads. Then I start sorting through them. Since I'm a clean and scrupulous sort I don't want to leave all my discarded batons lying about so typically I start a fire with them while I'm rummaging around trying to find some of those handy logs that I can split into kindling by the light of my baton fire.
 
LimpCroissant said:
I don't baton very often at all, but when I do I just find a log about wrist/forearm diameter and break it into a foot and a half length or so. Pretty much any wood works good as long as it's not rotten.
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I'm in my mid-70yo . And never was a bull strong man .

Anything laying around in my woods, that's ~2.5" X 1.75" or so ( which is about my skinny & weak wrist size) , that I can break up with my bare hands ...🤨
 
DocJD said:
I'm in my mid-70yo . And never was a bull strong man .

Anything laying around in my woods, that's ~2.5" X 1.75" or so ( which is about my skinny & weak wrist size) , that I can break up with my bare hands ...🤨
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Haha. I hear ya. There's almost always a ton of downed limbs in the forests I go to around the Pacific Northwest, many that I can break by laying them against a log or doing the ol' trick where you put your branch between two trees and give it some torsion. But, I'd say it's definitely best to have a nice little folding saw with or a hatchet.🤙
 
Arathol said:
A baton is a stick. By definition the woods are full of trees, therefore full of sticks. Bringing sticks into the woods is like carrying coals to Newcastle.....
Pick up a heavy stick and use it. Whack a blade enough with a wood baton and it will splinter and crack, so don't waste time making something special.
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I actually make my own walking sticks and canes , primarily from " ironwood " that grows plentifully on my property, at the borders of my open fields and woods .

I started doing this because: I always had a hard time finding even halfway decent sticks , just laying around , that didn't need some cutting and trimming ...unless too far gone to be useful . IMO , YMMV ! :)

Maybe other woodlands are different ? :confused:
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Now, if I bring along even my big RangerGrip SAK , with the nice 4" saw etc , I could make a great baton ,out of hardwood ; that would be worth carrying home or stashing on the trail for later use . :cool:
 
K.O.D. said:
My male appendage is a hardwood that works in emergencies.
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I'm VERY careful about using my tools in a safe and appropriate manner ! 😇

Of course in an "emergency " ...🥴
 
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