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Comment by Jan Carter on October 31, 2015 at 21:26

dlkg,

you discovered my diabolical plan!!  i have heard great things about the husqvarna axes but have never used one.  edge retention seems good from the reviews. i love the hat also lol

i guess i just have never felt the need to hit my knife with another hard object to make smaller logs.

Featured Comment by dead_left_knife_guy on October 30, 2015 at 23:51

Jan, I think I know what you're doing, & you're very clever & sneaky indeed...  You write about so many knives splitting wood & then oh so cleverly & quickly start discussing the axe...  As if to get us knife people suddenly addicted to a whole new kind of edged tool...  Well, it won't work on me.  WHY, you ask?  Because I have already become addicted to the axe myself!!!  Ha HA!  :)

Comment by Tobias Gibson on October 30, 2015 at 12:20

While it is true you don't always have room to swing an axe to split a log, you can also baton hatchet or or axe head.  I've cut down my fair share of trees and split plenty of wood with a knife but I've never, ever had to do it. I think batoning wood with a knife makes great reality TV but only mediocre reality.  I prefer to use my knife for more appropriate tasks.

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on October 29, 2015 at 23:09

Jan, you ask some good questions.  There are bunches of reviews of batoning $100+ knives, and whatever you are going to spend on a knife, you might as well get one that you can baton with, and otherwise "abuse" if the cost is the same as another knife not reviewed for batoning or prying, etc.  Personal preference.  For example, I'm sold on 4WD, and wouldn't be without it, but it is rare these days that I need it.  However, like a lot of things, you don't need it till you need it, or not having it when you need it is a bummer.  A knife with which you can baton gives you a cushion of utility that you probably won't ever need - till you do.

An axe is a proper chopping tool, and better than any knife for the task, except that out in the boonies it isn't always easy or safe to get a hunk of wood to stand up for you to split it with an axe, and you might not find a stump that will protect your axe blade from chopping dirt and rocks as you split wood on the ground.  On the other hand, you tend to go through a lot of wood keeping a fire going for 24 hours, and I wouldn't want to lay in a weeks worth of firewood with a baton and a knife.

I wear a knife all the time, so it is with me.  An axe, no.  Well, it's in the truck, same as a bow saw, so an axe is available, but if you're backpacking it's kinda heavy and bulky to carry.  Nevertheless, backpacking with a couple of friends should allow someone to carry an axe while you carry something from his/her pack of equivalent weight.  Somebody else can carry a Sven saw, or a big ole #12 cast iron fry pan, hahaha.

Comment by Jan Carter on October 29, 2015 at 19:32

I have a question.  Today I was looking at some options for wood splitting, ok I will admit I went to YouTube.  Yes, I started a bit vague, I typed in chopping wood and now realize I should have put in splitting wood.

How many knife reviews are there where they are using a 100 dollar plus knife to baton a chunk of wood?  

In this day in age are we so unprepared in our lives that this is something we need these knives to be able to do?

do these guys know what an axe is????

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on October 14, 2015 at 12:51

Hahahahaha, Jan. Yes, the sticky candy gets stuck in your teeth, but a bite of apple helps clear it. Just seems to be a perfect combination of flavors, along with the changing leaves, crisp air, and a boat trip on the lake (Lake George).

Comment by Jan Carter on October 14, 2015 at 11:38

Tobias,

Too much going on right to go fishing but the daily walks into the woods have gotten longer and longer

Comment by Jan Carter on October 14, 2015 at 11:38

John,

Wow would I love to spend fall in your area!

Shlomo,

I am also willing to bet fall in your area is beautiful as well as busy getting ready for winter.

Howard,

OH!  I remember candied apples.  A sweet apple covered in a mixture of sugar, corn syrup and food coloring.  My teeth would be screaming about that these days but my taste buds would be celebrating

Comment by Tobias Gibson on October 14, 2015 at 8:50

Hiking and fishing without mosquitoes!

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on October 13, 2015 at 14:53

Like fall hunting, but choosing to offer a particularly favorite rememberance of visiting Lake George area, NY in the fall and feasting on real candy apples, not the caramel kind, the old fashioned hard candy coated apples that seem to have disappeared in recent years (relative humidity when doingcthe candy coating is probably why it is difficult to do.

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