>>509173>Exactly 90 degrees cut and grinding marks. Most likely cut on purpose for some specific task. Judging by what is left of scandi grind that is not an outdoor knife.In other words, a bait. It's nice to see some people here actually use their knives, whatever the use is.
>People break knives when they abuse them. Simple as that.Are you the Bark River man?
>>509200Survival knives are designed for batoning, because in real situation there is no alternative. You either whittle or you baton. Guess which way is more efficient.
With your logic splitting wood with a hatchet is abuse, because there is a better tool for it, a splitting axe or a maul or a fucking wood splitter.
The idea behind batoning knife is to have a lightweight tool with capacity to do things that you would otherwise need an axe for.