Ok, now im really scarred and scared too!!

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tikkidaddy

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I just seen some idiot shatter the micarta handle on one of the most beautiful tribute bowies i own-- "batoning" ---the company is known 4 "strength" and sharpness...

Im realizing Ive made some possibly bad purchases...I should have ALOT MORE HIMIMP KNIVES IN MY COLLECTION..

what happend 2 the days we "put another log on the fire" and just burnt the damn thing"

To Yangdu I apologize... I should have almost every major knife, khuk I wanted by now...the money shouldve gone to HIMIMP...
 
Was that your Natchez Bowie I saw on another forum:eek:? If so, yikes! I'm all for batoning, but you must have the right knife. I wouldn't hesitate to baton my HIs. Good luck.
 
Yep, that company seems to have crappy high end stuff. Oddly enough, their cheap/mid range stuff is almost bullet proof.
 
Grease said:
Yep, that company seems to have crappy high end stuff. Oddly enough, their cheap/mid range stuff is almost bullet proof.
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Been using one of their smaller blades for years. Holds an edge remarkably well, comes razor sharp and highly polished, and is immensely durable (I've used the synthetic butt while clothes to bust through ice. No idea why their large blades wouldn't hold up as well, other than many of them being impractical hangers.

But hey, the handle broke and not the blade right? At least you're not one of those morons that injures themselves shattering a stainless china bowie-like object.
 
I don't find myself doing much batonning with knives.

Well, not any, actually.

A little hacking and chopping sometimes...
 
Tikki never came back to say whether or not that was his, so I can't be sure it was that Natchez. I will say the Natchez uses a short, stumpy tang and cable system in the handle which is totally odd to me, but seems to be used on some of these blades. It's certainly not designed for heavy use. I have quite a few blades from that company and have been nothing but happy with them. I'd still like to know if Tikki's was the bowie I saw. Take care.
 
There are plenty of bowies you CAN baton with. However, it wouldn't be my first choice. Even using my rather stout Cherokee Rose would cause me to sweat bullets. My chit bowie? No problem.

I have no problem with a well designed bowie that isn't meant to be a hard use survival knife. However, if anything, the Cherokee Rose has taught me that you can a pretty tough knife and still keep some of the grace and flair.

I think a lot of batonning is done incorrectly. You're not driving a splitting wedge into a log with a maul. It's a bit of controlled delicate taps that finds the natural grain to split the wood.
 
pmel018 said:
A bowie knife is a sidearm........why the heck was anyone batoning one, Sheesh!!
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Feel free to correct me but, I always interpreted a traditional bowie as a large general purpose knife, and that the design only became famous as a weapon because of its effective use in a famous brawl. Just bought Cherokee Rose actually. It'll probably be my back-up French knife and accompany me hiking, hunting, and fishing.

That being said, it's not a hatchet or an axe, and batoning should be done carefully with any blade. Except my Merdeka. I don't think I could break that thing if I tried. Then again the back-edge eventually breaks the baton.
 
no the bowie isnt mine but the pictures are on the company forum under nachez fail. The idiot was batoning the pommel and micarta handle.

Just saw the wood, limb it w/a hi khuk, pick up the unsplit wood lay it on fire. I own a Nachez Bowie, I would never split logs
w/ it unless it was the only knife i had. no dry wood, 4 shake wood itd be ok
 
jdk1 said:
Was that your Natchez Bowie I saw on another forum:eek:? If so, yikes! I'm all for batoning, but you must have the right knife. I wouldn't hesitate to baton my HIs. Good luck.
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you can baton w/cstm not csnb

I aint that stoopid
 
If I understand their tang design, it is a stub tang, welded to a cable that is tensioned to the nut.

Not a good design to baton with.

Guess he learned the hard way!
 
abdelhazred said:
Feel free to correct me but, I always interpreted a traditional bowie as a large general purpose knife, and that the design only became famous as a weapon because of its effective use in a famous brawl. Just bought Cherokee Rose actually. It'll probably be my back-up French knife and accompany me hiking, hunting, and fishing.

That being said, it's not a hatchet or an axe, and batoning should be done carefully with any blade. Except my Merdeka. I don't think I could break that thing if I tried. Then again the back-edge eventually breaks the baton.
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I will correct you, the bowie evolved from multiple antecedents, specifically as a sidearm. Due to its size and reasonably sturdy construction it could be used for all sorts of other tasks. Once the bowie was no longer needed to back up single shot firearms it evolved some more to become the bowie/hunter design still produced today. The CS Natchez is a knife designed as a sidearm, the Laredo a little less(same tang arrangement), if you want multi-purposefrom CS get a Trailmaster.
FWIW I have all three, the Trailmaster is the only one I would feel comfortable batoning, far better to use the correct tool.
 
tikkidaddy said:
no the bowie isnt mine but the pictures are on the company forum under nachez fail. The idiot was batoning the pommel and micarta handle.

Just saw the wood, limb it w/a hi khuk, pick up the unsplit wood lay it on fire. I own a Nachez Bowie, I would never split logs
w/ it unless it was the only knife i had. no dry wood, 4 shake wood itd be ok
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Tikki, I'm confused. If I understand correctly, your knife didn't break. Your post is referring to the broken Natchez on the other forum and you're saying you have one like it. Is that right? Thanks.
 
jdk1 said:
Tikki, I'm confused. If I understand correctly, your knife didn't break. Your post is referring to the broken Natchez on the other forum and you're saying you have one like it. Is that right? Thanks.
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Yeah, thats it...just wish id spent my kash w/Auntie Yangdu. There isnt a HI blade made I couldnt have owned, and thats just in the past 10 years. And that includes a flagship khuk made by the Royal Kami. I actually had more cash when Uncle Bill was alive and I was able to work. I coulda helped alot of kamis out. I consider any knife I "buy" as a love gift from the people of Nepal...those guys EARN THIER MONEY man...God Bless them.

You guys are right, the blade didnt break on that Natchez Bowie, but if ya break the handle off a HI KNIFE you can re-handle it!! HI has never promised a never say die handle...just a damn good knife for what's paid!!

The CSTM is a good knife. So is the Laredo, SRK, Tanto...thier machetes are as indestructable as an HI...$14.00 machete though...which means they pay about $2 for them if that...Id rather the xtra cash goto Auntie Yangdu and the kamis..besides if HI made a machete it would survive orbit and re-entry!!
 
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Bigfattyt said:
If I understand their tang design, it is a stub tang, welded to a cable that is tensioned to the nut.

Not a good design to baton with.

Guess he learned the hard way!
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I guess he did...but then again LT and the boys do some hard hacking in the videos...
 
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