>>509096I addressed in my earlier post that, given a survival situation, mr. "survival hobbyist" (my sides are in orbit, by the way) you problem solve and figure shit out. Apparently I just learned how to baton, in this thread, but I have indeed batoned before, just to see what all the fuss is about, and again, took me about twelve seconds to figure it out. Acting like it's this sage skill is just ridiculous in every. single. way. "can you baton with it" is simply a stupid measure of a knife. And I'll tell you why.
Barring a "dropped in the woods from plane" survival situation, you can bring an axe or saw. I imagine there are countries where you can't walk around with an axe maybe, but I, while completely willing to admit I don't know for sure, find it highly doubtful there are places where camping is allowed that basic bow saws are not. I would argue that even just having the saw blade, and knowing how to make the frame, which is infinitely more doable with any knife than batoning, is a much more valuable "skill", although caveman like in it's presented problem-solving challenge, and if you can't half ass your way through either thing, you are severely disabled.
Either way, every single dude I see batoning or waxing poetic about the merits of batoning is buying a knife specifically for batoning or trying to baton with something that is probably too small for it. That being said, if you can plan ahead enough to a)buy a knife, b)test it's merits in the realm of batoning, and then c)make a post on 4chan or god forbid a YOUTUBE video about it, bitching at BUCK or whoever that they need to refund your shit cause you split a cord of wood with it in your back yard, you are quite simply, a fucktard. No way around it.
Next time someone makes it out of the deep woods after a plane crash and posts a picture of their broken mora, when we'll talk about batoning with a slightly more serious eye. Til then, these threads are stupid.
