I particularly liked his take on military knives (middle of 2nd video) and how current trends reflect desert environments where there is no wood to chop...
His observation on the enormous effort a debris shelter takes is also a good point.
I liked his debunking that steel should always win when batoning against wood, then his advice to search for all brands and failures, and then look at the cause... To which I would add the caveat that soft steel and fat (thus dull) convex edges are certainly "better" at surviving batoning if you wish to call soft and dull "better"... That was the very first thing that struck me when I came back to this hobby (especially how often even moderate cold seems to have a big effect on breakage: Precisely when you would want a fire the most), after last being there in an age where the word "batoning" did not exist...
Given that thin branches tend to be drier and less rotten ("rotten" meaning soft outside and super-hard inside), or that I can chop-strip the wet bark on a log, I'll pass.
Gaston
Interesting take on batoning
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