oh, gotcha. Ye my kabars are both vintage.

The old ones were killer

Still have rat tail tangs so you have to be careful battoning

mm gotcha.

were the m9 bayonets full tang? idk if kabar made any, but ik my Papa loved em

oh jeez

Hmm I'm trying to remember

Yeah not a thick tang at all

I'm always careful to button right over were my blade contacts the wood, but jeez, I dont think I want to beat on that thing anyways

This is why I recommend the Mora Carbon garberg

Yeah I wouldn't batton with a KaBar because its vintage and sexy

moras are great. I need to pick one up sometime

I use them as trash knives that I'm comfortable breaking

Especially the Mora Companions

Dont be ruining a quality KaBar battoning with it, it makes my heart cry 😂

I can't afford to own "trash knives," but I understand what your getting at. And I don't use the my kabars to often. Just once and I while for "light" tasks, b/c I enjoy using vintage pieces.

I def. take care of em though

any battoning I do is with softer wood too

Low key a bit jealous lol

eh, if it makes u feel better, they are not 100% my knives. kinda of more my dad's, but I use em

Oh yeah GL trying to batton hard woods

for hard woods, I usually use my Ontario knife or sometimes my hatchet

thing about the hatch though, is that it sucks to carry b/c it weighs a good bit

fine for use around the house though

Yeah a hatchet take serious weight commitment

And its tricky too because if you take a lighter thinner one it doesn't have the thickness to really split wood like you need it to, it'll just get stuck and you wont have the tools to get it out

yup

The tang on the mora Companion is "Okay" but no where near Full Tang so it is a bit sketchy to batton with just FYI but its excellent at buscraft tasks

my hatchet is a thinner one, so I have to use it in conjunction with my Ontario sometimes, if im splitting anyways.

Yeah that should work

I almost bought this thing

Big beefy Sherade battoning knife

But I realized it weights close to a
Pound and at that point I might as well take a 1 LB hatchet that has less of a chance of breaking and more versatility

jeez, fr.

are you familiar with essee knives? I really want to try one of em out, but holy heck they're pricey.

I've heard they're worth it, but other than that idk

No personal experience

Yeah I've only heard good about them. But personally I like spreading my money out as far as it will go rather than buying a peice of premium gear. I'd only go for a Essee once I had ALL my bases covered.

That would be a good idea

I have a single dorm, but if I can find some scraps that are the right size, I can make a few good tools.