Batonning with a 91mm

[user24]

Just come back from a week's camping and happy to say the huntsman performed excellently opening tins, bottles, packaging as you'd expect.

We also had a fire pit but the supplied wood was far too thick to use, so I had to split it. Managed to baton a roughly 2 inch thick piece into smaller segments with the 91mm main blade. The larger, 6-inch thick chunks I couldn't manage to baton unfortunately, but I was still very impressed with how well it coped.

Just wanted to share that. I wouldn't recommend relying on it, but it is possible for smaller chunks of wood.

[Steinar]

I must admit I clicked on this link thinking "WTF?!" 

Cool that it worked so well! 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I'm glad both your fingers and the Huntsman survived

As long as your careful I'm sure it can be done with no damage

[enki_ck]

There's an old trick for spliting wood with a SAK. You saw a groove into the block of wood as if you're trying to saw through the branch, hit the wood against something hard and the wood brakes/splits. I'll to get some forest time tommorow if my thumb feels better and try to make a video of it.

[Syph007]

There's an old trick for spliting wood with a SAK. You saw a groove into the block of wood as if you're trying to saw through the branch, hit the wood against something hard and the wood brakes/splits. I'll to get some forest time tommorow if my thumb feels better and try to make a video of it.

Yup that works.  I saw mr Ray Mears do that one too. 

[user24]

I must admit I clicked on this link thinking "WTF?!" 

Cool that it worked so well! 

Hehe, yeah I was expecting some wtfs

I'm glad both your fingers and the Huntsman survived

As long as your careful I'm sure it can be done with no damage

yeah. The only tricky part was that the knife didn't stay open while I tapped it, it tried to close. But so long as you're aware of that it's OK.

There's an old trick for spliting wood with a SAK. You saw a groove into the block of wood as if you're trying to saw through the branch, hit the wood against something hard and the wood brakes/splits. I'll to get some forest time tommorow if my thumb feels better and try to make a video of it.

I'd like to see that if you can manage to video it, sounds like a useful tip!

[J Mackrel Jones]

Photo from The Swiss Army Knife Owner's Manual :

[enki_ck]

There's an old trick for spliting wood with a SAK. You saw a groove into the block of wood as if you're trying to saw through the branch, hit the wood against something hard and the wood brakes/splits. I'll to get some forest time tommorow if my thumb feels better and try to make a video of it.

Yup that works.  I saw mr Ray Mears do that one too. 

I actually first saw it done by this guy, Gene Ward. I like the fact he's using a SAK and a Wave instaid of some fancy "survival" knife.

[ICanFixThat]

Good Video I've been thinking about hetting his DVD, I think I will now.  Crazy that he passed away from Cancer, but he sure did a lot of good before he left.

Watching that video reminded me of the great old .

[Ashley]

That's cool but also weird since its a pocket knife and not a camp knife.

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[HighlandPark]

great video! thanks for posting! cheers, hp
 

[Gareth]

I have certainly managed some light battoning with a 91mm SAK before with no ill effect.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I'm quite keen to give it a go myself now

[Waterlander]

Try keeping the tip of the blade lower then the handle, or horizontal. (stress on the tang)

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Will do mate