Took The Brute To The Cabin

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Wife and I did an over nighter at the cabin Saturday night. Decided to take the Brute with me. I got it out Saturday, and noticed it had rust on it. Thought perhaps a little batonning, and other use may take it off. It did not, haha, but was still a blast to use.

Started off with a little batonning:

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As you can see, the rust remained:

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The start of my prep:

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Chopped a small log. It's no 9 when it comes to chopping, but did okay. I opted for the 2 finger grab. One thing nice about not having the extended pommel, is that it's more comfortable when you use two fingers:

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Did some cross batonning to cut the next piece off. Worked well, but I should have started with a little wider cut:

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Fun, but not as easy as this, haha:

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Was fun using it delimbing as well. Easily took them off with one swipe:

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Used the little JK tin knife set I won to get the fire going. Used the Brute to scrape some cedar shavings, but forgot to get a photo:

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Blow into flame:

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Add cedar boughs for an easy catch:

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Cedar boughs reeeeally burn:

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Fence lizards for days. Things are all over the place:

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The former cabin owners left this grate for the fire pit. Time to put it to use:

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Some Vermont maple sausages:

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Set them aside to keep warm, and heat a little oil:

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Pancakes for the win:

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About ready to flip:

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Oh yeah:

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Had cut this piece of branch off earlier, and it reminded me of a pipe, so I'm gonna try to make one out of it:

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Mostly used push cuts to clean it up a bit:

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May turn out pretty cool:

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I have been to the cabin 7 times now, and every time except for once, I have seen a turtle. This time was no exception:

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Had a hell of a good time, and the weather was perfect. One of these days, I hope to live there full time. Thanks for looking.
 
Cool stuff. Fire's like my favorite thing to do in the outdoors lol. That first log you batoned thru was huge - the brute took it down like a champ. Looks like a good time.

Oh and good luck with the Gandalf pipe ;)
 
Aikiguy said:
Cool stuff. Fire's like my favorite thing to do in the outdoors lol. That first log you batoned thru was huge - the brute took it down like a champ. Looks like a good time.

Oh and good luck with the Gandalf pipe ;)
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Fire and cooking, definitely my two favs. The Brute goes right through it batonning, without a doubt. I hope the pipe works, haha.
 
Thanks for the pics Dubz!
Looks like a great time.
I can't wait to get dirt time with my Brute!
 
Thank You Sir for taking us along for what looks to have been a great time........ Your pix, as usual are flawless...... The Brute for it's time was one of the best and it still gets the job done with a certain élan .......

Thanks again, for your post.....

E
 
What a beautiful little corner you have there! Great to see the wildlife too--my wife's family's cabin is one of the few places around where I live that I can still count on finding all sorts of amphibians that used to be common.... And the rare Brute sighting doesn't hurt ;)
 
Nice Brute action! When I see threads like this I regret not buying the one I had a chance to buy this spring.

I really like that pocket kit too. Oh and the Turtles.

Jeremy
 
Ethan Becker said:
Thank You Sir for taking us along for what looks to have been a great time........ Your pix, as usual are flawless...... The Brute for it's time was one of the best and it still gets the job done with a certain élan .......

Thanks again, for your post.....

E
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Thanks Ethan, appreciate it. The Brute is just a hell of a blade. I've batonned with it before, but that was it. It was fun chopping, and whittling with it. I figure there's a bit of a learning curve with the recurve, when it comes to chopping.

ironborn said:
What a beautiful little corner you have there! Great to see the wildlife too--my wife's family's cabin is one of the few places around where I live that I can still count on finding all sorts of amphibians that used to be common.... And the rare Brute sighting doesn't hurt ;)
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Thanks man, we had fun.

jacktrades_nbk said:
That's some high quality time right there man. Lots of fun. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks man. Wish it would have been more than an overnighter, but I'll take that anytime.

dresnor said:
Nice Brute action! When I see threads like this I regret not buying the one I had a chance to buy this spring.

I really like that pocket kit too. Oh and the Turtles.

Jeremy
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Thanks man. The Brute was a blast to use. I really enjoyed it. Looking forward to getting the 4, and taking it there. The little kit is cool. Turtles, haha. Turtles, turtles everywhere.
 
Great pics (as always...you set the bar pretty high)! Did I see a sharpened swedge area on that Brute? Methinks so....it's actually not a bad idea, looking at it....
 
granitestateofmind said:
Great pics (as always...you set the bar pretty high)! Did I see a sharpened swedge area on that Brute? Methinks so....it's actually not a bad idea, looking at it....
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Thanks man. It sure is sharpened. I didn't do it, upnorth did. Pretty cool actually. I sanded the rust off tonight. Need to do a little more sanding on it, then do a patina.
 
The pics look great.... kinda wish I hadn't seen this thread though as now I want to go woods bumming with some blades but unfortunately I have to fly tonight to join a rig in Norway.

Anyways great pics as always

Cheers
 
wildnewfie said:
The pics look great.... kinda wish I hadn't seen this thread though as now I want to go woods bumming with some blades but unfortunately I have to fly tonight to join a rig in Norway.

Anyways great pics as always

Cheers
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Thanks man, appreciate it. Have a safe flight.
 
nice turtle.

good brute.

if you don't have a brute, you can't be a REAL becker head :D
 
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