Here are some pics of the 3V knife I made earlier and waiting to test. In between the rain, I went used some wood kindly supplied by Diamond Dave.
The pics show a branch, don't know what wood but it was fairly dry 2.75 inches in diameter. I put a new edge on the knife and chopped the branch in half. The knife is a bit short for chopping. I also stabbed the point into the branch quite a lot and twisted it to see how the point will hold up.
I then used the bigger branch to batton the knife through the smaller bit to split.
Afterwards, I examined the edge which lost its original toothy bite but was still fairly sharp, sharp enough to cut without more honing. The branch was covered in a film of wet mud and fine grit which probably increased the blunting effect.
This was not a test of the ultimate strength of the knife, I didn't have concrete blocks to chop in half or 3 foot long pipes to bend the knife with!
The pics show a branch, don't know what wood but it was fairly dry 2.75 inches in diameter. I put a new edge on the knife and chopped the branch in half. The knife is a bit short for chopping. I also stabbed the point into the branch quite a lot and twisted it to see how the point will hold up.
I then used the bigger branch to batton the knife through the smaller bit to split.
Afterwards, I examined the edge which lost its original toothy bite but was still fairly sharp, sharp enough to cut without more honing. The branch was covered in a film of wet mud and fine grit which probably increased the blunting effect.
This was not a test of the ultimate strength of the knife, I didn't have concrete blocks to chop in half or 3 foot long pipes to bend the knife with!
