Just got back from a little more testing. I went up my street a bit and there's a small portion of undisturbed forestry that I jumped into.

Here's a view of P-town coming in.



But on with the testing. The first thing I did was chop down a small branch with my FBM to have a little place to hang my Camera Bag. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> (no pictures though)

Then FBM chopping turned to YKLE Chopping.

One swipe was all it took for the YKLE to get through this branch. Quite a good little knife. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />



Here's a close up



So the real purpose of the me coming wasn't just to test the YKLE, but I wanted to harvest a small sapling. Using the old bend and cut method I got this sapling quite easily with the YKLE.



Close Up.



So after that, I went home to get the sapling skinned and ready to be dried for more fire wood to practice on.

As you can see, it's not too bad a size for a sapling.



After a few minutes I got all the bark off. Made quite a mess, though, I cleaned up the bark and am saving it to make some dry tinder.



The YKLE comes out triumphant.



Though perhaps a little dirty. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />





Well, I gotta say, I love this knife before, and I still do. Though I need to do some more testing. Let's say some tip work, some prying, some body-weight tests, etc., etc.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I'm gonna let the sapling and bark shavings dry for a couple of days or weeks and then one with a some more fire making. Fun, fun, fun!!

Enjoy!!