OK,Got er done.
The SOD is stripped,satin finished & mirror convex edged.The Hook is factory.Both edges were touched up before the chopping with a ceramic rod & sliced paper.
Found a good seasoned log on the verge of being punky but was solid.


First the Hook,114 whacks.


Then the SOD,110 whacks



And just for S&G my old $5.00 machete with a filed edge,104 whacks.





A little baton work.Oddly enough the Regs only took a couple of whacks to split the same straight grained peices of wood as used for the SOD & HOOK,but the SOD & Hook took several more hits to split them.






So,the Sod has a convex edge & bounced out quite a bit & the Hook has a factory edge & bit deep & had to be pulled out a few times.
I guess the convex edge helped push the wood away from the blade & not hold it in.
So I suppose if the Hook had a convex edge it would have gone through with fewer whacks.
All in all I'd say if you have a Yard Guard you don't gain much if anything by switching to a SOD.
And the Hooks/Guards look better while doin' the job at hand.


Oh & BTW I managed to whack my hand with the hook while messing around after the work was done.It's a nice clean cut to the bone on the knuckle.Took a vicadin so all is good with no more pain for now.
At least I will have a good pic for the scars thread.