>>664364>I dont know how one would need to baton for firewood.In a case of emergency. It's always a good idea to carry some basic tools, like some plastic rain cover, firestarter and some wood processing tools even when you're not planning to use them. A heavy hatchet is not one of those basic tools.
>>664366>Nowadays they make stout blades that primary purpose is batoning.this.
A strong knife is also a good primary splitting tool. It's lighter than a hatchet and when you're not cutting a forest down and splitting it too, what's the poing of carrying splitting mauls, wedges, chainsaws and hatchets?
>>664386>if you're in an emergency don't risk your ONLY knifefixed it for you.
Besides, when splitting or cutting with a hatchet there's always a tiny risk that you'll hurt yourself, no matter how experienced you are. Why take a chance?
>>664422>when wood is wet you split in four to increase surface and expose dry middle.Yes, and when it's extremely wet, you split in four (or eight) and then remove the wet outer layer from each piece.
>>664575>Don't know about you, but I'd never NOT found dry kindling.It depends on where you live. If it's been raining for weeks it's practically impossible to find anything dry.
