This weekend during a camping trip I met, a camping experienced gent, who carried a Ontario knives SPC-94 machete. He was splitting logs for the fire. He was using a rock as a chopping block! It might have been the sparks that caught my attention.
Later in the day, I asked him to split some for kindling so that we could catch the larger logs on fire. He used the baton method. I had only seen that method in videos, and "survival" shows. That's a technique that I want to add to me repertoire but I don't have the proper tool.
His blade was a Ontario knives SPC-94. He bought it years ago, and has put it through torture. But it performed flawlessly. Later I asked to see it, and it was razor sharp, where there were nicks in the blade from hitting rocks, nails, or whatever. He sharpened hten too. Although, he had recently created some flattened spots, I knew that he would sharpen them. The back-strap at one time was a sharp saw blade, and although yesterday, I would not have recognized it as a saw, it still worked!
He was very happy with it and when prompted spoke highly of it, and spoke of comparisons to other "similar" tools, and what made this superior. I don't remember all of the points that he made, but one was the attention to detail of the scabbard. It is a combination of leather, and nylon, and is reinforced with rivets. When someone mentioned how the handle might come loose, he pointed out that it had full tang construction with a rivet holding the handle in place. He was a man who knew his tools, took pride in them, and had reasons why they were as good or better than others.
His was the Ontario SPC-94 when I googled it I got the SP 8. I am guessing that it is an upgrade. Is it the same or better steel?
Later in the day, I asked him to split some for kindling so that we could catch the larger logs on fire. He used the baton method. I had only seen that method in videos, and "survival" shows. That's a technique that I want to add to me repertoire but I don't have the proper tool.
His blade was a Ontario knives SPC-94. He bought it years ago, and has put it through torture. But it performed flawlessly. Later I asked to see it, and it was razor sharp, where there were nicks in the blade from hitting rocks, nails, or whatever. He sharpened hten too. Although, he had recently created some flattened spots, I knew that he would sharpen them. The back-strap at one time was a sharp saw blade, and although yesterday, I would not have recognized it as a saw, it still worked!
He was very happy with it and when prompted spoke highly of it, and spoke of comparisons to other "similar" tools, and what made this superior. I don't remember all of the points that he made, but one was the attention to detail of the scabbard. It is a combination of leather, and nylon, and is reinforced with rivets. When someone mentioned how the handle might come loose, he pointed out that it had full tang construction with a rivet holding the handle in place. He was a man who knew his tools, took pride in them, and had reasons why they were as good or better than others.
His was the Ontario SPC-94 when I googled it I got the SP 8. I am guessing that it is an upgrade. Is it the same or better steel?