Frag Out! Magazine
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imposing a great force, however the coat next to the bulge suffered from this. So, it was left to hammer the sharpened stakes into the ground, in the parallel rows and placing among them the reed bundles. I could not find in the neighborhood any larger stone so the knife served me also as the hammer. It work satisfactorily in this role in emergency. A sofa in its rough version was ready so I had to manage only the firewood and appropriate utensils. The next in the queue for chopping were dry willow limbs, saved for a rainy day under a boat moored at the lakeshore. The work was not so light as in the case of the fresh pinewood, but I cannot state that it required great effort. In comparison with a small tourist hatchet, it was more comfortable to chop off with the knife, the blade entered deeper than the hatchet, the knife was lighter therefore it enabled to hit quicker. The blade did not Wedge in the material and cut off the large woodchips. Nonetheless, the hard, dry wood left the next abrasions on the coat. The last of the heavy field tests was batoning of the sliced willow. It was the next operation which unveiled the entire potential of the knife. Its long, wide blade, flat, high grind – all of that together adds for the perfect conditions for batoning. Despite the thickness of the blade, splitting the clearings was very efficient. And, by the way I decided also to divide a plank found nearby for the kindling woods. But thanks to a bad luck I did not notice a nail sticking in it what after a hit resulted in a slight curl of the cutting edge. The flame burned up with a full glow and it was nearing a moment in which I could dust off my hands, put down the knife and take a fishing rod or a harmonica, enjoying a warm afternoon. So, the BK39 served also to open a can of corn which is used as a bait for the Sunday fishers. It required a little bit of feeling, because the knife is large and it is easy to break through a lid together with a can bottom. Due to a size and width of the blade, ripping the can was not too comfortable and finally it was done rather in a square manner. The coat has the first deep scratches which unveil steel. www.fragoutmag.com