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Yeah, you read that right. 
Not her fault though, I was pushing her a bit too hard, lol. Did some camping last week, the MEGA Rat was a great camp knife.
If she was a bit longer, she could have easily made it through. I beat her flush into the wood, but it just wouldn't crack. Not enough sticking out at the tip to beat on, so backed up and pulled her out. Forsaken Mistress to the rescue!
Stubborn piece of wood. Grain spiraled as I progressed through the stump. Why the heck this piece wouldn't have been split before sale was beyond me. Was pretty wet too, relatively. 
Gettin' there...
All done.
Hard to beat the FM! The Rat was doing well up to this point, works well to make smaller pieces for the campfire. I was hoping it would split that log (~7" dia.), but knew it would be pushing it. Thought maybe once I got the spine all the way in, the log would split. But it was too wet and tough. Oh well.
Not her fault though, I was pushing her a bit too hard, lol. Did some camping last week, the MEGA Rat was a great camp knife. If she was a bit longer, she could have easily made it through. I beat her flush into the wood, but it just wouldn't crack. Not enough sticking out at the tip to beat on, so backed up and pulled her out. Forsaken Mistress to the rescue!
Stubborn piece of wood. Grain spiraled as I progressed through the stump. Why the heck this piece wouldn't have been split before sale was beyond me.
Was pretty wet too, relatively. Gettin' there...
All done.
Hard to beat the FM!
The Rat was doing well up to this point, works well to make smaller pieces for the campfire. I was hoping it would split that log (~7" dia.), but knew it would be pushing it. Thought maybe once I got the spine all the way in, the log would split. But it was too wet and tough. Oh well. 
