Yeah, that was a small one. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> As I said, I’ve done it hundreds of times with very large frozen logs, that’s just the only pic I had of a decent sized one. Most of the time it was at my Aunt’s house in the winter at night, so I don’t have any pics I took of very large frozen logs. Some logs were actually longer than the entire blade length, and the log got too thick as I split down it, and I had to beat on the handle to get it out because there was less than an inch of the tip to beat on. Most of the time I was splitting full size knotty frozen hardwood logs right down the middle with the handle lower than the tip and only 2” or so of the tip to beat on. I’ve read that splitting down the middle is harder on it than splitting off the edge like the RS pic above. I tried to break it against wood and couldn’t. I read that there wasn’t anything you could do to a Rat (short of a long lever) against wood to break it, I wanted to find out. I couldn’t hurt it.

That RS isn’t the only one I’ve heard of that broke either. I’ve heard of several Kukri’s breaking too. You might never have a problem with one, but then again, it might fail on you when you need it most. I’ve NEVER seen a Busse family knife break that wasn’t SEVEARLY abused. (Like beat on with a pipe wrench for 8 hours) Also, the CS warranty sucks.

Here’s some of my CS fixed blades I had:


I’ve since sold all my CS fixed blades. If they don’t trust their product enough to stand behind it, why should I? And if I broke a CS, I’d be screwed and out the money. Break a Rat or Dog, and it’s covered, so no worries about using it hard. I still like and own CS folders and their more unusual products, but when it comes to fixed blades, I want something made by someone named Busse. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Their knives do things knives aren’t supposed to be able to do. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

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