I had posted this on BF but in light of Reconseeds comments about me trading my DM thought I'd post this here as well, there is no way I could have performed this work with my DM.Everyone should try similar tasks with their blades to check out the edge geometry, notching etc is also essential when trap making or for making other camp tools from wood so your blades should be capable of such tasks !!!!

Thought I'd do a quick test today using a Bushcraft knife ( ML Kephart ) and a SAK to make a simple Bushcraft tool !

Please take into account that I'm not the best at Bushcraft stuff !!!!



To split the Arrow wood with the Kephart I had to use a wooden batton and truncate it through ( it always makes me nervous doing this but the ML knives are tough so no worries ).Time taken about 1 min 30 secs.





Now for the SAK's turn. No probs here, time taken about 30 secs !



Now to sharpening the ends, the Kephart was a pleasure to use doing this task and flew through both ends in just over a minute.
The SAK suprised me again here and although not as quick or as comfy as the Kephart it sailed through in maybe a minute 30 to two minutes.



Now onto the notching, not being the best at bushcraft it too me a few minutes with the Kephart, first truncating the sides and then slicing out the centre, still an easy task but a little fiddly.
Using the SAK I sawed the sides and then used the blade to cut out the centre, it was probably twice as fast as the Kephart !!!



A couple of minutes cordage work and the Apache Throwing Star was finished.



The conclusion ? On this occasion I guess the SAK won, which would I rather have on my belt.......no contest the ML anytime !!!!!!;)