Frag Out! Magazine
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trunk with full force, and a rough pink of steel which has accompanied subsequent knife hits by the frozen wood, has given to me disturbingly great fun. But the knife has withstood longer than me and finally I have had to be satisfied with the firewood with a smaller diameter. After preparing a wood stock for the fire, it has appeared an idea of building a shelter for the cold, winter days. Since I have not taken a hatchet with me, the RTK has served to hew the structural pillars and remove unnecessary branches from them. The frozen edgings with a few centimetre diameter could be cut them off nearly by the whole slices.The work in the fro- zen wood has not made a special effect to the cutting edge. The knife has remained its high sharpness at the level of the subtle jerking of the cut paper sheets. Patryk "Kaminari" Pawlik has been responsible for the steel hardening and I must assume fairly that he has made his work appropriately. It is not hard to guess that a steel can with peaches has not constituted any obstruction for the blade with a 60 HRC hardness. The blade has literally ripped its lid at the very edge, not chocking itself in the material. Encouraged by the good results obtained by the knife during the heavier camp works, I have started with a pleasure one of the tests about which I have mentioned at the beginning. I have taken out from the basement an unnecessary tire, and having closed on the balcony, I have fervently pierced it by Raptor's knife. As long as puncturing near to the tread has been easily and pleasantly, the side reinforcement has turn out to be a barrier impossible to overcome. I have decided to tackle with it in the other way and I have briskly start- ed cutting the tire from the tread to its beaded edge. This operation has required some effort from me but it has been successful. A visual inspection of the blade after these activities has allowed me to determine that its cutting edge has curled almost on the entire length. I have also noticed little chippings in some places, but taking into account that during the final phase of cut- ting I have brushed its blade on the wire, it has really looked not bad. www.fragoutmag.com