If the guard comes in contact with whatever you're batoning, and you continue to baton. I can see how it could chew up the guard. It can get tiring if you do a lot of batoning, and after a while you might get a little careless.

Last edited by Spider-Pig; 01/30/10 03:55 PM.

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