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Do you baton wood while you're out camping? I always wondered, who told you that batonning wood with a knife was a good idea?
Instead of bringing a heavy (1 lb+) fixed blade knife to batonny chop chop logs, you could instead bring a small folder for cutting cordage and food, and then have a lightweight hatchet to process firewood. A lot of the people I see doing this shit, they aren't ultralight backpackers anyway. And even if a hatchet is a little heavier, so what? It's the better tool for the job.
Also, where are you even getting logs? Do you bring a saw with you and cut down trees? Or are you buying firewood from a campground host? I have always (100% of the time) just used dead-and-down wood for fires while I'm out backpacking, and I've literally never gone wanting for firewood. So I'm always suspicious of people trying to sell me a cure for a problem I don't even have. Why aren't you?
Instead of bringing a heavy (1 lb+) fixed blade knife to batonny chop chop logs, you could instead bring a small folder for cutting cordage and food, and then have a lightweight hatchet to process firewood. A lot of the people I see doing this shit, they aren't ultralight backpackers anyway. And even if a hatchet is a little heavier, so what? It's the better tool for the job.
Also, where are you even getting logs? Do you bring a saw with you and cut down trees? Or are you buying firewood from a campground host? I have always (100% of the time) just used dead-and-down wood for fires while I'm out backpacking, and I've literally never gone wanting for firewood. So I'm always suspicious of people trying to sell me a cure for a problem I don't even have. Why aren't you?