>>562589I didn't mean to say it's a bad knife for out. It's strong by design and proper quality. It's a lot like my Glock field knife I bought a long time ago.
You are new for out & knives, right? Here are some tips for you in case you ever get into a survival situation where you need to process wood with your knife. After all this is why we have chopping knives, batoning knives and thick bushcraft knives.
-Always work as if your knife was weak and brittle. Don't make the baton too heavy.
-When chopping wood with a knife and a baton, don't hit near the handle. (With your knife the best spot to hit is the straight area where there is no saw/serrations.)
-When possible, use gloves or/and wrap something around the handle to absorb the shock.
-When splitting wood, don't hit near the handle.
-Don't try to split anything that is too big/knotty for your knife.
-Use wooden wedges to split large pieces of wood. Make a start with your blade and then baton a sharp wedge into the cut you made. Wedges need to be sharpened all the time, but that's not difficult.
-Make wooden wedges first. If the blade gets stuck, you need wedges but you don't have a tool to make wedges. Pulling the blade out with force is a bad idea.
