Batoning Wood

Method of splitting firewood using a knife and a large stick (baton). Knife is a Gerber LMF II.

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Education

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• Batoning
• firewood
• camping
• wilderness survival
• gerber lmf

[SilverStudiosArts]

Also, I put my knife right through a big knot in the wood on that first go, which is why it took so long to make the first split.

[isthatapotato]

what do you think of the lmf II? has it held up well to the batoning and such?

[SilverStudiosArts]

@isthatapotato Sorry for the long delay. I'm sold on the LMF II. It's solidly built, grips well even when wet, holds a good edge and the built in sharpener in the sheath (which is excellent) works great. I've used the knife on a number of outings, and have had no problems with any task, from felling a small sapling, to batoning, to more intricate work like notching out branches for a snare trap. It is a bit bulky for really precise tasks, but I usually carry a small folder as well (SOG TRIDENT)

[TactheMonsta]

Nice vid, and to all the dumb fucks out there batoning is how you gather dry wood to make a fire I'm sure people would scavenge bigger chunks of wood as firewood

[PurnellMarks]

I was camping out at Sand Island in Honolulu. My brother in law brought his charcoal grill. I brought my wood gasifier stove and cut all my wood with my Tomahawk neck knife... Worked great...

[knifebuster72]

cool

was that the lmf or the lmf2

[lunarlemon03]

@sprucepantherkmt This was obviously shot in ideal conditions, but I believe batoning is more apropos in a situation where an axe/hatchet is unavailable, and dry kindling/tinder is nowhere to be found. For example if you're out hiking/backpacking and get caught in a rainstorm. Batoning is a good way to get to the dry wood inside a branch/log. Either way, it doesn't hurt to have the know how. Better to know and not need than the reverse. Cheers.

[rileyphillip]

@sprucepantherkmt Sometimes you can't have a large fire. Most of the summer around here there is an open burning ban.

[sprucepantherkmt]

lol y not just throw that would into the fire uve created with kindling and smaller, drier pieces uve scavanged under trees???

rofl batoning is so ridiculous