What's up with people using a knife to cut firewood? Why not break the wood?

[hunts4food]

Battoning with a quality knife doesn't hurt it, Chinese imprted junk may not fair so well though. On a known overnight trip I carry a small hatchet but when hunting or on a day hiking trip I don't want the added weight. Should things go wrong and I am forced to spend a night in the cold you can bet I will split wet wood to get to the dry inner if needed to get a fire and I will be using a quality knife and never even think about it breaking. May not be the best tool for the job but it has worked for me for several years, never snapped a blade, and battoning doesn't seem to dull or hurt the edge like chopping would.

 

[villainvomit]

WTF? Aw crap, now I gotta find one of these ....

[video=youtube_share;GHvE_Zn_pPI]http://youtu.be/GHvE_Zn_pPI[/video]

looks pretty cool.....too bad they make 'em in 4140. Clean steel, but not a heck of a lot of edge retention... why not 1070 or 1080? I like the idea of a carbon steel cane knife better.
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[FbodTrek]

using a Gerber gatorback right now.
Weighs about as much as my tomahawk, more versatile (at least in GA woods). Crosscut saw plus machete equals win.

 

[Survivor Johnny]

I have about 35 or closer to 40 years behind a machete and they have always done what I needed (except a Chinese pos I bent and threw away in high school) primitive peoples all around the world use machetes in their day to day and they git er done

 

[Wolf six]

Cold steel kukri FTW

 

[Survivor Johnny]

This is a freakin zombie slayer for around $60 on Amazon

[video=youtube_share;9CARzaGzCW8]http://youtu.be/9CARzaGzCW8[/video]

 

[Survivor Johnny]

Look up the " Stanley Fubar " for $19, nice entry tool

 

[Survivor Johnny]

[video=youtube_share;ttQuj10GSoE]http://youtu.be/ttQuj10GSoE[/video]

 

[Survivor Johnny]

That FUBAR looks like it will dig, chop, open things. Looks pretty useful. Maybe get rid of that handle and wrap a crapload of 550 cord on it. I must get my hands on one and test it

 

[VC94]

LOL! Nice to see someone at Stanley corporate has a sense of humor.
Not just Stanley quality, these are FUBAR Grade tools!

I want a 4-footer for my truck. ..I got teenagers. ....