These two knives came to me this week, and I've been itching to try them out. Of course they went through the Fonly test, this is where I take a large piece of wood, break it into four varried sizes. Then, get a fire going, now I didn't have a fire this time considering I was using some treated wood, but I did all the steps I would have just didn't get a fire going. So, here they are.
-Ka-Bar usmc:
11-7/8" oal
7" blade
~10 Oz
1095 carbon steel
leather sheath.
-Buck 119:
10-1/2" oal
6" blade
Bucks 420HC
8.5 Oz
leather sheath
Here is what was going to be split up, a Piece of 1X6.
First up was the ka-bar. Now it didn't do bad at all, I would say 90 percent of what the BK7 can do because of its thickness. where as the bk7 split on the way down, the ka-bar the same, but not much.
This was the chopping test, 6-8 hits and I was through.
So there, my method of fire making, get the four steps done and it'll be fun, after tinder, shavings, sticks, splits and chunks.
Works everytime
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9500/p7290212ac0.jpg
Now for the Buck 119. I hated it for this work, it had a hell of a time batoning, the swedge chewd my baton, it took forever to get through. It was too thinly ground so it had to be batonned all the way through, unless I twisted it, but thats not a good Idea to do with any knife.
Now, in the time it took to chop one of these in half I could get two done with my ka-bar.
Now for my favorite part about this knife, its cutting efficiency. Making shavings was so easy it wasn't funny, well actually it
was. I had total control over the knife, If I wanted big shavings I got them, same as if I wanted smaller ones. Where as the ka-bar
didn't have as much control, though better than the BK7. The buck reminded me alot of the Revolver H.
Over all I like the ka-bar more, its soots me better and is a fair amount sturdier, holds an edge better and take the abuse. Both knvies started shaving, but only the ka-bar came out with scraping ability. the buck will still cut, but not shaving anymore. In the cutting ability, I like the Buck more, so, If I was taking an axe, I would take the buck. If I was worried about wight I would take the ka-bar and a folding saw.
-Ka-Bar usmc:
11-7/8" oal
7" blade
~10 Oz
1095 carbon steel
leather sheath.
-Buck 119:
10-1/2" oal
6" blade
Bucks 420HC
8.5 Oz
leather sheath
Here is what was going to be split up, a Piece of 1X6.
First up was the ka-bar. Now it didn't do bad at all, I would say 90 percent of what the BK7 can do because of its thickness. where as the bk7 split on the way down, the ka-bar the same, but not much.
This was the chopping test, 6-8 hits and I was through.
So there, my method of fire making, get the four steps done and it'll be fun, after tinder, shavings, sticks, splits and chunks.
Works everytime
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9500/p7290212ac0.jpg
Now for the Buck 119. I hated it for this work, it had a hell of a time batoning, the swedge chewd my baton, it took forever to get through. It was too thinly ground so it had to be batonned all the way through, unless I twisted it, but thats not a good Idea to do with any knife.
Now, in the time it took to chop one of these in half I could get two done with my ka-bar.
Now for my favorite part about this knife, its cutting efficiency. Making shavings was so easy it wasn't funny, well actually it
was. I had total control over the knife, If I wanted big shavings I got them, same as if I wanted smaller ones. Where as the ka-bar
didn't have as much control, though better than the BK7. The buck reminded me alot of the Revolver H.
Over all I like the ka-bar more, its soots me better and is a fair amount sturdier, holds an edge better and take the abuse. Both knvies started shaving, but only the ka-bar came out with scraping ability. the buck will still cut, but not shaving anymore. In the cutting ability, I like the Buck more, so, If I was taking an axe, I would take the buck. If I was worried about wight I would take the ka-bar and a folding saw.
I think it gives away who will take the baton blue ribbon right off. 
