I noticed the handle color but figured it was over-spray from stabbing the paint can!

If anyone has a good idea or directions explaining the addition of a metal guard on top of the Res-C handle, please post. If this is a relatively easy process, I will definitely implement it to fix the Regulator's guard defficiency. All ideas are welcome. Once a durable guard has been added, I think this will be theee all purpose knife I've been waiting for! All suggestions are welcome.

Luckily, I have the pics saved. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Remember, this is a 3/16" knife.

If you are unaware, batoning is a valuable survival technique. If you are in a severely damp environment such as a rain storm or snow storm, any smaller size would can be soaked to where you can't start a fire with it. Severe dampness mixed with low temps increases the chances for hypothermia. In such conditions, the ability to start a fire quickly is paramount.

Batoning allows you to split large diameter wood to get to the dry heartwood quickly to allow you to start a fire with dry wood. You may think an axe would work better, but it is impracticable to carry for long hikes, and is more dangerous to use with an increased chance of injury compared to batoning.

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> Nice Quote Devil .... worthy of a "sig line" ....

Sums up what I like about knives nicely .... and for me the right attitude in the Yard ... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

That is your opinion.....along with a few others.... I do not share your opinion.. along with a few others...

That doesn't mean he is "unaware"..


Doc

How would you get to the dry wood then?

Just curious.

I did not say it did. That’s why I said IF. I said that because over the years I’ve encountered several people who, not understanding the reasoning behind it, did not understand why you would split wood with a knife, when there is smaller diameter wood in the area. You may not have to deal with moisture soaked wood covered in snow in FL, but farther North getting dry wood can mean the difference between life and death. What method do you suggest then to do the same thing without carrying an axe on a 10+ mile hike through a snowy woods?

No, you did not say that he was unaware, but by predicating the statement with "if", it gave you the "literal" license to instruct/educate him without his agreeing to be so instructed. He clearly knew what batoning was but because he dismisses it, some on this board feel that education is needed, or warranted because the dissenter is obviously uninformed. I have seen it before.

As to your other inquiry, no, we don't have to deal with snow here in Florida, but we do have lots of water and swamp. So we are familiar with wet wood. I have always advocated a small hatchet or camp axe. You may not want the weight, but if I were in a situation that might require that level of survival, I could do without some other "carry item".. I am sorry, but I am not going to beat my knife into a piece of wood and risk breaking or bending it. You do what you like..its your knife and your butt, but don't jump on others for not agreeing. I have had it done to me, and seen it done to others on this forum. It is why I post very little. I just read.

As to dry wood... we all are big into what you call "fat wood". We call it "lighter pine", or "lighter wood" around here.. It was used in the original public land surveys in this are and most of the country where it was available... The reason?.... It doesn't rot, because with the resins it is pretty much water resistant, and as such, and will light when wet. If you are prepared with your starter and tender (lighter wood) you can get a fire started and then feed wet twigs and small wood until the fire gets going. IF the need to spit wood is that great, I would use a hatchet, or camp axe...

But hey, I might the dead guy you walk up onto with your bent or broken knife...
And as one fellow once told me, "I know my Bussekin would never break... I'd put my life on that..." (paraphrased, I don't remember the exact wording) ...Yeah, and the Titanic could never sink...

I apologize if I have offended you.... or anyone else...but some folks on this forum are just plain mean. I am not indicating you Andy, you just happened to be the guy I responded to...

Doc

all right kids time for a time out.

A big freakin THANK YOU to you Doc.
These guys are beating this thing to death.
Way too many retarded lumberjacks round here.
All these rediculous SHTF or being dropped on a mountaintop with just a knife,or slitting 11 inch logs with a ten inch knife senario's.
Jees, give it a break already.

I'm a lumberjack and i'm ok
i sleep all night and i drink all day

you like to wear women's clothing?