Ratmandu Video

[bpiatt]

Well I said I would make a video of the Ratmandu and I did. I did not get to spend as much time as I wanted to doing so due to my daughter being over tired. There was a lot more I wanted to cover, but ill take this as a learning experience. This is the first video I have ever made. Please leave me feedback on what you would like to see in up coming videos and what you think I need to improve on. I hope you enjoy.

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I tried Annotating things unsuccessfully and for some reason when I linked all of the short videos I made into one continuous video I lost some of the things I was saying. I will try to do better next time. Thanks for watching and sorry if you feel I've wasted your time

I also posted this video in the Swamp Rat section.

 

[banana-clip]

Great video and definitely not a waste of time. Your RMD chopped those trees down with ease. I never would have thought it was a nice little chopper like that.

What was the edge like after chopping through those trees?

Was it still sharp?

 

[bpiatt]

Great video and definitely not a waste of time. Your RMD chopped those trees down with ease. I never would have thought it was a nice little chopper like that.

What was the edge like after chopping through those trees?

Was it still sharp?

Yes the edge was still razor sharp, but it did not have the factory edge on it. I touched up the edge myself and polished it. It will not just shave hair off your arm, it pops them off. Seems like the hairs are jumping off because they are afraid. The edge after the video was the same as it was before I started. The wood I cut was soft. I did loose a tiny bit of coating on the spine of the blade but other than that you cant even tell I did anything with it.

 

[ivan51]

RMD is one of my all time fav. knives guess that is why i have 5 of them lol

 

[Incahiker]

Nice video.. I use my hatchet I bought from sears to cut down trees like that. Takes about 5 hits at 45 degrees angles and it's down.. but then again I reprofiled the hell out of that hatchet.

But... that is some might fine work you did with a small knife as that. I think I will need to pick one up. I got my first busse, a boss street, and the infi steel has really impressed me so far.. it stayed very sharp, still hair popping sharp, even though I was pretty sure it would not be push cutting paper very well. I was surprised. They do good work with their steel.

 

[bpiatt]

Nice video.. I use my hatchet I bought from sears to cut down trees like that. Takes about 5 hits at 45 degrees angles and it's down.. but then again I reprofiled the hell out of that hatchet.

But... that is some might fine work you did with a small knife as that. I think I will need to pick one up. I got my first busse, a boss street, and the infi steel has really impressed me so far.. it stayed very sharp, still hair popping sharp, even though I was pretty sure it would not be push cutting paper very well. I was surprised. They do good work with their steel.

Yep all busse, swamp rat and junk yard are great knives. i think you should definitely get a RMD...you wont regret it. hatchets are great but kind of on the heavy side. I do some pretty long extensive hikes and try to keep the weight down. I like having my blade by my side and a hatchet weighs down my pants too much. Thats how I justified buying the Ratmandu. Light weight, holds its edge and can take a serious beating.

 

[Incahiker]

Ya, I hear you on the weight. I back pack all around the mountains here in Georgia and the only cutting tool I usually have on me is my Bark river North star. Now I will probably carry that busse boss street. I do once in a while carry my gransfors bruks mini hatchet. At 10 ounces it cuts very well. But then again, it is only once in a while. That hatchet does come in handy while trout or crappie fishing though. It will slice the head clean off with one chop, so the fish does not suffer at all if it a fish I am going to keep to eat.

Yep all busse, swamp rat and junk yard are great knives. i think you should definitely get a RMD...you wont regret it. hatchets are great but kind of on the heavy side. I do some pretty long extensive hikes and try to keep the weight down. I like having my blade by my side and a hatchet weighs down my pants too much. Thats how I justified buying the Ratmandu. Light weight, holds its edge and can take a serious beating.