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

[DocJD]

March 3rd came in like a lion here . Took down one of our old apple trees :


Today , I made a point to try out my new 3V Master Hunter to perform some baton work on above tree carcass .

I just used a small round , ~2" diameter X 16" long . that I'd already cut with the Husqvarna , for my batten .

Worked fine . It is a way to be very precise , and probably safer ; and works with even a 4.5" blade , easy to carry, that you might actually EDC .

Downside , for my use , is the inefficiency (at least with a small knife ) compared to other methods .

After playing at battening for awhile , I needed to get back to work with my Gurkha Kukri Plus and mainly the Estwing 26" Camp Axe .

Of course the vast bulk of the work was chainsaw (...and not forgetting my fancy Swiss anvil loppers , which I use frequently for trail clearing also .)

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There's many ways to accomplish the same ends .

 

[chalby]

Hultafors heavy duty.

Gotta love the Hultafors GK.

It even says on the packaging that it's OK to baton with a hammer.