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 !!!!!!;)

woah!
I guess I'm kind of surprised, but those little SAK's are pretty awesome.

you didn't include battoning in the test though...
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I guess thats one reason the ML is much more versatile.

nice review.

great pics!

I'm going to have to do this with my Victorinox rescue tool sometime!

I had to batton the ML, that's when I said truncating, with the SAK I used the saw. That wood is one of our hardest woods as well and there was zero edge damage to the ML !

The SAK is awesome for it's size and very sheeple friendly. I'm going to pick up a custom one from this guy who puts them together someday...

Hey Pit , What blade are you going to carry now that your Mutt ran off ??? S5 ?? Or???

pit is that chopping block of yours some sort of ficus?

Nice work, pitman. I am still looking for Seed's awesome DM bushcraft pictures. Have you seen them? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

dang im surprised with the sak's ability to do what it did i thought that the kephart would have done alot better but i agree i would rather have the kephart on my belt rather than the sak in my pocket. and nice work on the bushcraft.

It's a section of Maple !

Great comparisons and pics !!

Yeah me too, considering the fact that he ABSOLUTLEY KNOWS that the DMCG is the MOST BESTEST KNIFE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD made from steel so tough it made Chuck Norris cry, he MUST seriously abuse that thing to have such strong convictions about its superiority.

I mean, he MUST use it, right???? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> There's no way he would have formed such strong opinions without tons and tons of hands on experience, right???? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />