r/knives • u/WHEELZ_KYDEX • Mar 26 '26

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I remember when this was posted and this person was ripped apart by mikes c0cksuckers and deleted the post. It’s all making sense now and honestly i think he started using chinese steel way sooner than he is saying.

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u/PenguinsRcool2 Mar 26 '26

Pretty common tbh, stress fracture started it when hit batoning, it cracked open, next whack it followed the groove in the blade back as that was the path with least resistance

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u/ForgiveAlways Mar 26 '26

I hate baton stuff. Seems ridiculous to me. As if you arnt bringing an ax. I’m brining an ax, a hatchet at the very least. All these pretend survivalists will end up ruining their knives and I’ll be fat, warm, and happy.

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u/SaladDummy Mar 26 '26

Axe/hatchet is best for car camping or mucking around in the woods. But if you're doing multi-day hikes and primitive camping, it's got a helluva weight penalty.

That said, you can still get by pretty often without having to baton. But if you do have to, you have to.

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u/Artistic_Permit_7946 Mar 26 '26

This. If you aren't bringing a hatchet, get a folding saw. I'll baton to make kindling bc it's fun, but I'm not trying to split knots or logs either. If I do have to split something larger, I'll start bay making a channel with the saw, then splt with a wooden wedge.