Warning About Battening

Set the baton down. Use your right hand to hold the log upright. Place the knife blade on the log with your left hand and use downward pressure to keep the log up. Remove your right hand and retrieve the baton. Whack away. Hope your fingers heals properly. I sliced my thumb once and the cut looked similar. The nerves were damaged but I got feeling back after a couple of years. Nerves are over rated anyways.
 
hoopster said:
Set the baton down. Use your right hand to hold the log upright. Place the knife blade on the log with your left hand and use downward pressure to keep the log up. Remove your right hand and retrieve the baton. Whack away. Hope your fingers heals properly. I sliced my thumb once and the cut looked similar. The nerves were damaged but I got feeling back after a couple of years. Nerves are over rated anyways.
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Yep. Learned my lesson.

Thanks. It's healing up real nice. I don't they'll even be much of a scar and I've got full movement (for the most part, the bandage tape it a little stiff) back. Not too bad for Wal-Mart parking lot doctoring. ;)
 
I don't know why this has degraded into an argument about batoning. The OP clearly states he was hurt while "battening", which, as we all know, is using thin strips of wood or other stiff material to reinforce the edges of sails. Clearly, he had a freak accident, whereby the battening material got squirrelly, and lashed out at him, probably from too much strain on the canvas material. It's rare, mostly happening when doing emergency sail repairs while on the water. It's best to take the sail down when doing this kind of repair. I know it delays your arrival in port, but it releases the air pressure, and thus stress, on the battening you are trying to repair. This is a vital step that we all should remember, the next time we are battening.

Seriously, though, I hope all is well with your finger. :D
 
Kbrasmodeler said:
I don't know why this has degraded into an argument about batoning. The OP clearly states he was hurt while "battening", which, as we all know, is using thin strips of wood or other stiff material to reinforce the edges of sails. Clearly, he had a freak accident, whereby the battening material got squirrelly, and lashed out at him, probably from too much strain on the canvas material. It's rare, mostly happening when doing emergency sail repairs while on the water. It's best to take the sail down when doing this kind of repair. I know it delays your arrival in port, but it releases the air pressure, and thus stress, on the battening you are trying to repair. This is a vital step that we all should remember, the next time we are battening.

Seriously, though, I hope all is well with your finger. :D
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There is another sub forum in here, it is called Axe, Tomahawk etc..... I am not sure why everyone keeps batoning wood with knives that an axe would work fine doing. I enjoy bringing my axe camping. I am sure there are survival techniques that are good to know i.e. batoning with a knife because you have no axe, but if you are truly camping just bring an axe and do it right, with the right tool. If I need to cut a straight 2x4 only 4" long, I can elect to it unsafely with my bandsaw, or safely with a circular saw.
 
cj65 said:
There is another sub forum in here, it is called Axe, Tomahawk etc..... I am not sure why everyone keeps batoning wood with knives that an axe would work fine doing. I enjoy bringing my axe camping. I am sure there are survival techniques that are good to know i.e. batoning with a knife because you have no axe, but if you are truly camping just bring an axe and do it right, with the right tool. If I need to cut a straight 2x4 only 4" long, I can elect to it unsafely with my bandsaw, or safely with a circular saw.
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I used to only do it missionary style, but I found its good to add some tools in the tool box.....Variety man, variety.....Axe will work fine, but a knife will do you too.
 
mielton said:
Lets think for a little. Log is the fuel needed for fire in this condition, and the more fuel is exposed to the consumer, the more energy it can save up and use, or burn off at the exact time. It's like our lung having many air sacs, and our intestines with cilias to absorb more of what is needed, and only differences between the log/fire and our body is that our body is adopted to consume more from least, when the fire is looking for more surface area of the fuel. Of course the whole log would burn. But it wont be the fire that many would prefer in a situation where you are in need of quick heat, like in a situation where you are lost in a wild and you were drowned in a water during winter. And of course, as many have said, it will expose dry part of wood. And I think a big chunk of log is not as convinient as a part of the log, and because of the variety of sizes you may choose to chop and botton, I think youll be able to carry it with you if necessary.

I might be wrong. Im just a young collector with small collection, only learning from what I hear and read. but it seems to make sense to me. If I'm wrong, please tell me. I dont want to live with wrong information on me :);)
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Your intestines are lined with villi, not cilia.
 
shunsui said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_bandage

I thought you were nuts, but apparently that stuff works pretty good. Which brand were you using ? If your arm doesn't fall off, I'll get some. ;)
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Hey, my finger didn't fall off.

In fact I think it's healing pretty good considering I probably needed stitches. :D

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