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Tools should be used for their intended purpose - chopping wood with a tiny little knife is not a good idea. And why would you. I have camped for a long time and have never, ever, ever , not once, ever HAD to chop wood. I have chopped wood with a hatchet, but I did not have to.
Exactly which survival situation are we considering that would necessitate the use of a fixed blade over a folding knife?
Knives are cool- and the one you have shown in your post is a real beauty - but chopping wood with a knife is about as useless as shaving your butt hair with one in my opinion.


I hear you. I am not a big chopper of wood but have used knives to split wood to get to the inside where its dry for a fire. This is mainly while car camping which I really don't do much of. I don't think one would ever want to chop wood with a small knife.

The question about a fixed blade over a folder is just a matter of preference to us all. I carry an SAK and that is a folding knife. Fixed blades would be better suited for day hiking without a full pack where you may get lost or need to spend an unexpected night or two in the forest. You can't baton wrist size pieces of wood for an emergency shelter or get to the dry wood if its damp with a folding knife.


The last sentence above is pure bunk.....first of all you CAN split wood with a large sak like a OHT, and baton carefully it will do the job. Second, I don't have to go all the way to Peru to learn how to start a fire from wet wood. The basics of starting a fire IIRC are just working up in wood sizes until you have the size fire you desire/need. If this involves having 'to get to the inside of wet wood', branches less than wrist size will suffice until it dries out your larger wood. If you can't 'split' a 2-3" diameter piece of branch/wood with a 4" blade then you need more patience. Seems to have worked ok for me for 35 years!

A fixed blade knife is nothing more than a big boy 'security blanket' in the dark woods. It can't multi task like a SAK can, and that is exactly why YOU carry a SAK camping/backpacking; because a SAK IS the original multitool <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> A larger fixed blade knife is just an accident waiting to happen in camp...just ask Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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