I own the TAK in D2, a slightly bigger knife. It came with a rough ground edge, but it was easy enough to put a good edge on it. I finally got a chance to use it camping a few weeks ago. I split birch logs with my old favorite hatchet, the new Gerber mini-hatchet, and the TAK. I was surprised that batoning with the TAK split logs easier than my old favorite hatchet! The new Gerber pretty much sucked completely.