>>664358Modern blades can take it. Knife makers baton too.
Saying that batoning in general is shit and abuse in every case, no matter what knife is the the old "Back in my days" grandpa of the Knife community.
>>664368420 AISI blades are pretty nice for that purpose.
I batoned the shit out of this 30 dollar china chopper. Everything that is tough will do the job.
The Glock army knife is also perfect for this. It's made out of spring steel. Doesn't keep an edge but will not break. You can use it as throwing knife too.
This video is a prime example of how cheap butter knife steel is perfect for batoning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD41VjL1mekHe'll use the china blade after the expensive product fails.