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Might be a bit overreaching to think this merits it's own thread, but I didn't feel like burying it in the back of another one. Took the 16 outside to play a little in the back yard and get a feel for how she handles some pretty basic chores.
First up I batoned through this knot in this old piece of wood. Went through pretty easily, although it wasn't the hardest piece of stuff in the woodpile.
Next up some cross-grain batoning in some birch/maple/god only knows that I cut down a couple of weeks ago. After it got in a certain depth, there was very little movement forward, and since I didn't want to beat on this thing like a BK2 I rotated the wood to finish it up. Three cuts saw the job done quickly and easily, although I could have easily snapped it after the first cut. One thing of note is that the knife was very firmly stuck in the wood after the cross-grain baton, and was very difficult to remove safely.
Next some standard with-the-grain batoning. Pieced it down to four pieces, and then went to work making some shavings by scraping on the spine, the edge, and then making shavings and a weak attempt at a fuzzstick. Afterwards I then used my firesteel to see if I could get it to light. No luck there, although the squared spine on this thing threw sparks like a demon. Easily the best scraper I have used for a firesteel yet.
After I got done the missus had returned and wanted to show me a birds nest we had on our back porch. Got to looking and saw what appeared to be a beak, so I climbed up on a chair and got a pic of some baby birds. That explains why a giant bird came swooping out at me the other night.
And once I was done, took it inside and washed it off to see how much of the patina coating had worn off. Not too bad, although it would be nice if it would have held up a little better. End of the day though it does it's job, so I ain't complaining.
After getting a little time in to work the knife over and see what she can do I must say I was very happy with the results. I had some time with it doing small carving stuff (I used the knife to carve it's own liners) and it performed amazingly, so much better than any other knife I have used thus far (even better than the 14, something I attribute to the larger handle letting me get a better grip on it) and I can definitely say this is one of the best knives I have ever handled. Getting rid of the factory coating on the blade made a big improvement in how it moved through wood, and I don't think it would have performed near as well with the coating still intact. Can't wait to get this thing out in the woods and get some real use out of it.
First up I batoned through this knot in this old piece of wood. Went through pretty easily, although it wasn't the hardest piece of stuff in the woodpile.
Next up some cross-grain batoning in some birch/maple/god only knows that I cut down a couple of weeks ago. After it got in a certain depth, there was very little movement forward, and since I didn't want to beat on this thing like a BK2 I rotated the wood to finish it up. Three cuts saw the job done quickly and easily, although I could have easily snapped it after the first cut. One thing of note is that the knife was very firmly stuck in the wood after the cross-grain baton, and was very difficult to remove safely.
Next some standard with-the-grain batoning. Pieced it down to four pieces, and then went to work making some shavings by scraping on the spine, the edge, and then making shavings and a weak attempt at a fuzzstick. Afterwards I then used my firesteel to see if I could get it to light. No luck there, although the squared spine on this thing threw sparks like a demon. Easily the best scraper I have used for a firesteel yet.
After I got done the missus had returned and wanted to show me a birds nest we had on our back porch. Got to looking and saw what appeared to be a beak, so I climbed up on a chair and got a pic of some baby birds. That explains why a giant bird came swooping out at me the other night.
And once I was done, took it inside and washed it off to see how much of the patina coating had worn off. Not too bad, although it would be nice if it would have held up a little better. End of the day though it does it's job, so I ain't complaining.
After getting a little time in to work the knife over and see what she can do I must say I was very happy with the results. I had some time with it doing small carving stuff (I used the knife to carve it's own liners) and it performed amazingly, so much better than any other knife I have used thus far (even better than the 14, something I attribute to the larger handle letting me get a better grip on it) and I can definitely say this is one of the best knives I have ever handled. Getting rid of the factory coating on the blade made a big improvement in how it moved through wood, and I don't think it would have performed near as well with the coating still intact. Can't wait to get this thing out in the woods and get some real use out of it.
