The wedge technique can also be use to split poles length wise.
With the wood laying on the ground you can drive a series of wedges into it along the length to split it.
It does work well and saves the knife edge.
In a survival situation using wood wedges and such can help keep your knife sharper longer which can be an advantage to survive

Very nice, thanks for sharing.

Do you know who Rock Lee is? You look a lot like him in that picture. He's my favorite character from the the Japanese anime, Naruto.



Hahah, seriously, he is badass. Anyways, looked liked another great time and awesome pictures as usual.

i can see it....

hope your finals went well, Sharp

Pink,

That dude looks like Bruce Lee, too. Hence his last name. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Cloak,

I've got one more tomorrow. Should be interesting. Enviro Chem test. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Man that is a dead ringer! The ninja I most resemble is Chris Farley in Beverly Hills Ninja.

I downloaded Mantrapping for free off piratebay. Downloads for personal use are still legal in Canada although probably not for much longer. Great book and it is the only book ever on the subject of nonexplosive boobytraps. Most Mantraps are like really big animal traps or the better ones are an animal size trap that triggers a bigger trap. That way you have a small counterweight trap that when sprung yanks out a big log which is like a giant version of the tiny trigger you just stepped on. That way you can have a 25 pound trigger hold several thousand pounds of logs.

The Mantrapping book has lots of cool stories as well from when he was a merc in Africa. One thing I found interesting is when setting triggers and trip wires for soldiers who grew up in cities it works lots better if you put the trigger right out in the open where they can see it.

The only thing you usually need that you can't make is steel wire. I always pack snare wire because it is good for so many other things as well.

I am definitely getting Ragnars other book called "survival Poaching".

Great pics guys! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I don't get enough dirt time these days, I need to get out and practice some stuff.

Interesting Wedge work. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

I was pretty intrigued by the wedge technique. Never really seen it my self.

Though, what I got addicted to during our trip was the bend and cut method of taking down small saplings. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

A little pressure, and one nice carefully placed whack with even a fairly small blade can really do a job on a sapling or small limb. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

True, as proven by the YKLE. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

However, the saplings that we took down were a little bit more than wrist thick. Might take a couple of whacks for a mid size chopper.

rock lee!! HAHA!!!!!!

the fbm IS a wedge!

nonetheless, looks like fun and i wish i had the time for that stuff these days.

Nice pics...Looks like a lot of fun.