Good information. That wind was crazy!

Nice vid. Very clear & informative. Thanks for sharing your time & knowledge for us👌

well done good sir

Nice Tutorial. I've never been the biggest exponent of pointing a blade towards any part of me (It was just drilled into me that this is a no-no), but I see it's value in the examples demonstrated.

Nice this is what I prefer to do with wedge but I always carry a tomohawk head a a small folding saw

Felix Immler showed a good way to baton with a folding knife by opening it up halfway and batoning with it.

I dig your hat, it has a face.

Hi there, and thanks for that informative video. What I would have liked to hear is your understanding of why wood-splitting is so important that it has almost become a whole industry in itself. It still baffles me a bit. People go to extraordinary lengths to first cut (or saw) through a large log (4" +), then split that down to sticks the thickness of a finger in order to make such fine and intricate "feathersticks" that a specailised tool (Scandi grind knife) is required to do it! Why? Some say it's "necessary" for creating tinder (very fine curls) in order to make a fire out in the wilderness when it's wet. OK, but is that the best way? There are dozens of ways of providing tinder and kindling that don't require even a fraction of the time, effort, tools and expertise required to make these "feathersticks". Others say they do it to practise their bushcraft skills in case they should ever need them out there. Maybe so. Can't they just plan a bit better to ensure that it doesn't happen? My feeling is that the more likely answer is that it has become a hobby, or possibly bordering on a competitive "sport", with "rules", traditional methods and suchlike, to elevate the "journeymen" from the "apprentices" and amateurs. It has in fact become a de facto Guild (much like knifemaking). So why don't they just say so? Why hide it behind "essential skills to save your life"? Back to the video. Firstly I agree with you 100% about batoning. If it is light (as in the video) and one does have a robust knife (like my Cold Steel Trail Master) then that is fine. But, your method of using wedges IS the more sensible method, and will not endanger your knife. [I recently saw an interview with a person from ESEE saying that the vast majority of knives they receive for replacement suffered damage from batoning!] And those are pretty robust, high quality knives. Also, wedges are very sustainable, and if it gets damaged one merely cuts another one! In most forest environments, one can with little effort find standing dead trees with tons of dead wood on them. In harvesting this one gets loads of various different size branches, sticks and twigs perfect for fire-making as is, with no need to split. Even if branches are thick, they can still be burned as is, they just last longer. Once the first fire is lit, one can dry out other wet wood for an indefinite supply into the future. Thanks for some refreshing views and hope to hear your comments on my post. Cheers mate!

What kind of neck knife are you wearing? Thank you.