Ok let’s move again, here we are on the top of the Mount Grappa, at the War Cemetery. On the first pic you may see the Piave River right down to the valley







This tunnel, long approx 400 metres, under the top of the mountain: it was done on 1916 by the Italian soldiers to live during winter and move safely from the East to the Ovest faces of the mountain


That tool was used on the WWI to move up and down persons and material from the mount to the valley, and the contrary of course


Down there the road we had some 30 minutes ago


Another stop, Mount Miesna, next to the Piave River


Let’s continue with the test, I want to split this log
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So I decide to beat the knife whit a stone (1 kg approx) on the butt and on the spine
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The log don’t want to split, its’ very very hard, I just may separate some small wood pieces
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So, I decided to baton this smaller log for the fire
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done without problems.

Now I want to truncate this log, always using the rock as an hammer on the knife’s spine
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its' not the best way to use a knife, but again done, still no problems.

How about the edge after all this hammering? Well, this is where the knife impressed me, no problem at all doing feather sticks
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to be continued