The 90 degree knot. What a bastard.

ExtraBaconPlease · Oct 20, 2016

OK. I've had this piece of Red Gum sitting around for years. Like easily 10. This piece along with a bunch of others have just been sitting out in the elements, they are hard as rock. Around the start of the year I split some pieces up with my old Team Gemini but I could never get through this bastard knot.

I tried with my TGLB, NMFBM, ASHBM - couldn't do it. I even tried making wooden wedges - NOPE, no chance.

Low and behold, I got my DSSF in the mail today and gave it a belting. First test? The 90 degree knot. What do ya know? It blasted through it!!!!!

Very satisfying to finally crack open this twisted, tough and gnarly piece of wood.

elof_alv · Oct 20, 2016

DSF is one of my 'must get one day' knives, pretty much at the top of the list!

ExtraBaconPlease · Oct 20, 2016

elof_alv said:
DSF is one of my 'must get one day' knives, pretty much at the top of the list!

The handle takes a second to get used to but I really love the knife. Not much of a chopper but I didn't buy it for that! It's a fighter. It has slayed a few wooden enemies already and is eagerly awaiting more tree blood

Cobalt · Oct 20, 2016

Well, all the knives before it probably weakened the knot allowing that toothpick to get through

ExtraBaconPlease said:
OK. I've had this piece of Red Gum sitting around for years. Like easily 10. This piece along with a bunch of others have just been sitting out in the elements, they are hard as rock. Around the start of the year I split some pieces up with my old Team Gemini but I could never get through this bastard knot.

I tried with my TGLB, NMFBM, ASHBM - couldn't do it. I even tried making wooden wedges - NOPE, no chance.

Low and behold, I got my DSSF in the mail today and gave it a belting. First test? The 90 degree knot. What do ya know? It blasted through it!!!!!

Very satisfying to finally crack open this twisted, tough and gnarly piece of wood.

zombieassassin · Oct 20, 2016

Cobalt said:
Well, all the knives before it probably weakened the knot allowing that toothpick to get through

I was thinking the same thing. Knice Knot Bacon!

MacLaren1 · Oct 20, 2016

At any rate Im impressed.
Growin up we always burned wood. I always busted everything up with a Go-Devil. I was prolly about 14, when one day my dad told me to bust a certain piece of wood up. I said ok. By that time, (14) I was really good at bustin wood and strong to boot. Well, I reared back and let her go. Upon contact that go devil bounced straight back up in the air lol......it was black gum.
Later on in years we finally got a wood splitter and it wouldnt touch that black gum. Red, black - gum is a real Bastard.

ExtraBaconPlease · Oct 20, 2016

No doubt the other blades loosened her up but honestly I don't think it did much. That thing is a ROCK. I have broke at least 5 batons just trying to get through that knot. Probably spent over 2 hours on it LOL

MacLaren1, thanks for sharing, Red Gum is tough stuff. Haven't tried Black Gum but i'm sure it's just as bad!

MacLaren1 · Oct 20, 2016

ExtraBaconPlease said:
No doubt the other blades loosened her up but honestly I don't think it did much. That thing is a ROCK. I have broke at least 5 batons just trying to get through that knot. Probably spent over 2 hours on it LOL

MacLaren1, thanks for sharing, Red Gum is tough stuff. Haven't tried Black Gum but i'm sure it's just as bad!

Lol...oh, your welcome buddy. Believe me I know just what your talkin about. The stuff is amazingly tough. Especially the damn knots....hard core for sure.
And I live in the highest elevation east of the Mississippi. We have a lot of great eastern hardwoods, so I feel confident callin gum a Bastard.