LOL. Good one, Dan. I get it! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

this is the only time i'll chyme in on this, when i keep hearing about people saying that they're going to damage the guard batoning wood, i can't help thinking, you're doing it wrong.

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A raised thumb ramp will NOT stop a blade from rotating into a log that is being split. If you are splitting a log that is too large then this will ALWAYS be a potential problem

I just went back and read this whole thread (after posting, of course <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />), and frankly i have not really seen much in the way of negativity or personal attacks, maybe some strong opinions, but Dan's responses have been tolerant and humorous. And it seems to me that people are sharing their differences of opinion with mutual respect and tolerance - maybe there have been nasty PMs that i don't know about? but then that's what a PM is for, no? I dunno, then again, maybe i'm just too thick to see it - but i have been impressed with everyone's decorum. Just one opinion... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> MM Made a great distinction between criticism and hostility - if we can't be critical then we can't be honest, but honest criticism seems (to me) very different than negativity, or hostility that gets personal... It feels good here to me, after being elsewhere for a while (of course, maybe that means i'm the one with my neck in a noose and don't even know it, lol)... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/footinmouth.gif" alt="" />

Agreed! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Good discussions will benefit all of us and they won't always be positive, but as long as they remain civil, they are a good thing. What we don't want to become are a bunch of fanboys that will defend anything SY just because its SY. That wouldn't benefit Dan and it surely would not benefit any of us.

That said, Thanks to Dan for another great knife. I liked the TT edition and I believe the changes made to the production version will prove to be good decisions. I plan to buy more than one when they are available.

no, it won't prevent the blade from rotating, but it will protect the handle when the blade rotates. Again, maybe it wasn't the clearest because I am typing on a phone, but the point I was making is that, since the SOD has no guard on top, the thumb ramp is enough to protect the handle if the blade rotates - if the blade spins, the first thing to make contact with the log is likely to be the thumb ramp, and not the res c. With the regulator, all I think you would need to accomplish the same protection with the guard on top would be to add a protrusion of metal in front of the res-c, similar to the one in between the choil and handle on the sod. Since the blade blanks are probably already cut, this might be impractical, which is why I also suggested the battle guard style with a separate piece of metal. This is most likely what I will try to do with mine if I ever get around to modding it.


And I also regularly baton with knives that are too long to hit the blade on both sides of the log - Andy described most of the best techniques for dealing with a stuck blade, but I usually just muscle it back to straight, and give it another whack on the tip.