The other side of batonning, and yes I'm gong to show you.

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So, to quickly get into this, I got the idea to show this from the latest baton thread. Here is the first baton into the wood. Now, im not doing the norm, were not splitting wood here, were using the BK7 taking the place of a saw. were cuting it into chunks, which then can be split into fire wood.

So, the first nock into the wood.
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Now, about half way through. Took about 2 minutes to get here.
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Then aaaalllllmost there. This took about 4 minutes.
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And finally there, in total this took 6 minutes and I had a "round" ready to be split up. The reason I didn't do this is because the bugs got to bad. :o :D
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So there you go guys, step one of two for getting fire wood when a saw isnt avalible.
 
Good pics. Maybe you could show us the baton you used in the next set of pics you take. Or was that one end of it that appeared in the first shot you took here? Thanks. :thumbup:
 
Now I think that is an appropriate knife for batoning. I'll bet most people get into trouble (like breaking blades) when splitting more than cross-cutting and over-doing it in terms of trying to split suff that is too big.

Of course my folding saw rocks for cross cutting :)

Nice demo!
 
Stupid question on my part. I only baton when going with the grain, splitting wood, lengthwise. I use mine to chop, like a hatchet, if going against the grain. I use a Becker Brute BK1. Can I ask what the advantage would be in battoning instead of just chopping or is it just personal preference? :D

KR
 
kr1 said:
Stupid question on my part. I only baton when going with the grain, splitting wood, lengthwise. I use mine to chop, like a hatchet, if going against the grain. I use a Becker Brute BK1. Can I ask what the advantage would be in battoning instead of just chopping or is it just personal preference? :D

KR
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Well, your not using as much energy should you be in a survival situation, also your not swinging a large knife around. Plus, I would almost say its a bit quicker when done right. But YMMV, as for everyone. But, this is only if my saw is broke. In every other case, I would your my saw. :D


Now in a few minutes comes part two, its a bit longer.
 
So, the second part after making your chunk of wood. I now have to split the wood, the other main part of batonning that most are fimiliar with.
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This round didn't split all the way, the BK7 actually got wedge into there, so I had to pound in smaller shunks of wood to help with the splitting.
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Now once its been split.
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Now, after this its just getting devided up into smaller splits. The first picture is on half being devided up.
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An over view of whats been made, from left to right. We have some tinder(hemp thats frizzed up) then some small splints, the nest size up and then the last step. Like I say many times, I like explaining fire making in steps, it makes it much more easier when teaching. Not just telling someone you need this and that. Say there are four steps to getting a fire going, you tinder, shavngs a step up in size and then one more step up in size. After that, most any wood can be burned because you have a nice bed of coals.

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i do what you did in the first segment when my knife is too short for chopping. this is a fast and easy way to make logs.

thanks for the write up fonly:cool:
 
Nice info and demo... And, painful for us to see who dragged our feet and didn't get a BK7...
 
Nice demo with pics.

I also bought a second BK7 When things started looking bleek. The BK7 is one heck of a knife and I wouldn't hesatate having it as my only knife in the bush with me.
 
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