The only folder I ever batoned with is my Dejavoo. And that was only once. In fact, the first time I ever saw it done with any knife was on Man vs Wild. I always used an axe or maul to split wood. Then when I started visiting the various knife forums, seems like everybody was doing it. First knife I remember batoning with was the Dog Father! I've been using knives, machetes, and axes for 50 years, but if the technique wasn't in the Boy Scout handbook I didn't know about it. Just shows that we are never too old to learn new stuff.