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The honeymoon is over. The RC-4 had a week of TLC and attention and this weekend was time for it to get with the program and do what it was bought to do - heavy work.
So building a fire on the padio with a couple of shipping crates that found their way to my office from Indonesia I put the RC-4 to the task. The crate had very hard wood, as hard as oak, but I'm not sure what kind of wood it was. The wood was a full 1" thick and plenty of nails as obstacles. The RC-4 underwent lots of prying to get the slats apart. I was careful to make sure I had at least 1/3 of the knife in before really heaving on it during prying - but no problems. Batoning like a mad man. Accidently hit two nails but stopped the baton before doing to much damage. The RC-4 ripped through knots without a hick-up.
At the end of the night - just a bit a rubbing on the coated surface and a couple tiny knicks in the belly. The nicks came out with a single 10 minute session on the sharpmaker going from grey rods corners/flats to white rods. It shaves sharp again.
Unfortunately, my RC-4 won't be winning any beauty contests. I've put it through my personal tests and it survived with flying colours. It is now THE USER of my knives!
So building a fire on the padio with a couple of shipping crates that found their way to my office from Indonesia I put the RC-4 to the task. The crate had very hard wood, as hard as oak, but I'm not sure what kind of wood it was. The wood was a full 1" thick and plenty of nails as obstacles. The RC-4 underwent lots of prying to get the slats apart. I was careful to make sure I had at least 1/3 of the knife in before really heaving on it during prying - but no problems. Batoning like a mad man. Accidently hit two nails but stopped the baton before doing to much damage. The RC-4 ripped through knots without a hick-up.
At the end of the night - just a bit a rubbing on the coated surface and a couple tiny knicks in the belly. The nicks came out with a single 10 minute session on the sharpmaker going from grey rods corners/flats to white rods. It shaves sharp again.
Unfortunately, my RC-4 won't be winning any beauty contests. I've put it through my personal tests and it survived with flying colours. It is now THE USER of my knives!


