Some Batoning with the Boom Parang and Battle Saw

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freehouse32

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Tonight I was doing some small wood prep and did some batoning with the Boom Parang and Battle Saw. Both performed excellently but I used the Boom Parang more because I did not want to chew up my mallet more than what it was on the back of the battle saw. I was in a hurry so I picked up some wood on the side of the road and started splitting it. I have no clue what type of wood but it had some wicked knots but both the blades did their job. The two in the photo were a SOB to get through, though.

This was all done with the factory edge, once I was done batoning I made some feather sticks with the BP. They blades edge was still excellend and made feather sticks well. Once again I was in a hurry so I didn't try to make the best feather sticks in the world...

Some splinters from the wood somewhat "gluded" themselves to the BP blade but not the battle saw, I tried to clean with denatured alcohol but those splinters weren't coming off. Any tips on how to clean the blade and get them off?

The first pic is going to be of two logs, prior to batoning they were married in the orientation, the photo was taken, then the following photo is them with both parts that were split face up. I also included a picture of a wicked know too. If anyone knows what type of wood that is let me know. The guy said it was from Texas...

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I love seeing pics like this, thanks for sharing! The best way to get the splinters off the BP is to just keep using it, they will wear off. :thumbup:
 
Cool pics! I don't really care about the splinters on my users but if you really wanna get rid of them get another knife or a razor blade and scrape them off
 
I figured with more use I would get rid of them one way or another, I just have a new azwelke sheath that is still getting broken in and I don't want too many wood chips to get shoved in there... just yet at least ;)
 
soak in soapy hot water for 5 minutes and use an sos pad. It will come right off. Then oil the edge down to keep it from rusting with left over water molecules.
 
Great pics :thumbup: thanks for sharing
 
some gnarly logs for sure with some pithy knots...

baton thru some aluminum to remove wood remnants ;)....

Seriously, though...

I've had good luck with mineral spirits or turpentine to remove wood resins...plus a wire brush or steel wool will help.

Cobalt's advice is excellent, also.
 
diamond magic. interesting stuff. I wonder how it will work on a weber grill
 
Never tried it on a grill, but it's truly magical on auto glass with salt water spots and on glass stovetops with boiled on water stains. Also does a really nice job cleaning acidic sap stains off my bare trail running blades...whatever's in these funky Hawaiian trees is really not steel friendly and neither acetone nor denatured alcohol seems to work, but this stuff takes it right off.
 
very cool. Gonna get some.

Freehouse, good job batoning. Flat ground knives tend to stick more when batoning. Next time spray some canola cooking oil spray on the blade. It will slide through a lot easier. I use this stuff on bare blades and I would bet it will work on coated blades as well.

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The wood looks like mesquite. The tree is short and scrubby, dense and hard. Burns hot.

This .460 WM's stock is made from mesquite.

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WD-40 works really well, let it set 15 minutes, wipe off with a rag! The solvent works well, and the blade is oiled!
 
Dr. Lecter said:
Never tried it on a grill, but it's truly magical on auto glass with salt water spots and on glass stovetops with boiled on water stains. Also does a really nice job cleaning acidic sap stains off my bare trail running blades...whatever's in these funky Hawaiian trees is really not steel friendly and neither acetone nor denatured alcohol seems to work, but this stuff takes it right off.
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Thanks for the link. Will give the diamond magic a try

https://www.diamondmagic.com/
 
I should have definitely used some LUBE, great reminder, I was in a hurry and fighting the loss daylight. I am in no rush to get the splinters off, like said previously time will have a way of fixing it. I want to try some more of the same logs with lube and check out the difference. That one knot I encountered was some interesting stuff, it was completely hidden and I was like WTF am I hitting, and I said to myself, Well it's a BUSSE just hit it harder.... lolol!!! What a great feeling!!! Then next thing I know I made it though. That knot was with the BS and the bitch of a log was with the BP.... Fun stuff, I will be doing MUCH more. Next time with some 7-9 inchers!!! Thx for the tips and feedback to improve next go around!!!
 
Thx for the heads up on the type of wood! I had no idea. It was definitely dense and hard, I liked the challenge and I am ready for more!!! What grind should work better with batoning? I'm guessing whatever has the least surface area but I could be flat out wrong...
 
Sabre and full convex grinds work best. They are better wedges. Thin flat grinds don't do as well. But they slice better
 
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