Personally I have never planned to baton through any wood. When I did so, it was more a question of had to because there wasn't any other way to get the job done.

Such as: http://www.gardenerstoolshed.com/hudson_bay_ax.html

Which is what I would take with me if I knew in advance I had some cutting/splitting to do. Very few knives are designed to be heavy duty cutting/splitting tools, while most axes are.


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