are stick tangs realy weaker?

[Xunil]

Battoning to split a stubbon bit of kindling - yes qiuck ,easy and not too much abuse
Battoning through 8" logs - no - that is for axe or wedges

IMHO

And therein lies the conundrum - some people appear to be unable to make that distinction.

Perhaps its a bloke thing - I've heard it darkly rumoured (mostly by ladies) that some men are unable to accurately measure 8 inches

 

[Everything Mac]

Xunil = nail head. end of.

 

[FGYT]

Xunil = nail head. end of.

Does seem to know what hes talking about

 

[Siberianfury]

nail head??? this is where the plot thickens is it?

 

[Xunil]

I've been called worse...


Today...

 

[Everything Mac]

clearly my abbreviation of the saying "hitting the nail on the head" has been incorrectly interpreted as an insult.

I merely meant that Xunil's first post has got it spot on.

Andy

 

[John Fenna]

clearly my abbreviation of the saying "hitting the nail on the head" has been incorrectly interpreted as an insult.

I merely meant that Xunil's first post has got it spot on.

Andy

The interweb is hard to comunicate on ain't it - not everyone reads things the same way

 

[FGYT]

clearly my abbreviation of the saying "hitting the nail on the head" has been incorrectly interpreted as an insult.

I merely meant that Xunil's first post has got it spot on.

Andy

that what i assumed you meant

unless its battening a nail in with a woodlore

ATB

Duncan

 

[R.Lewis]

Too true. Axe for splitting, knife for finer stuff. Best idea is as Xunil said above. Forget the strength issue and use smaller, lighter knife and decent small hatchet... Weight is not that much different done right.

 

[Everything Mac]

Agreed. As said earlier in the thread "Right tool for the job"

Andy