Video – Using the ESEE/Rat RC-4 to cut down a pine sapling
I am not really liking the editing software that Kodak includes with the Playsport camera. Too bad, because the camera is awesome - except for the fact that it records in .MOV and Windows Movie Maker won't accept it and the converters I have are not playing nice. Anyways, I thought before I took the camera back I'd throw a video onto the new Youtube channel.
The video is me using a Rat RC-4 (pre-ESEE) that had just been sharpened using the new Spyderco Sharpmaker and it's 40 degree setting, then a fine touch with the 30 degree setting. It's not shaving sharp as I thought it'd be, probably my own error, but it's plenty sharp for shelter making.
Note: The video seems to be playing faster than real time. I don't know why.
Some comments from forums have made me expand upon the video - this text is now in the description on Youtube-
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Using my (ESEE) Rat RC-4 that had just been sharpened by a Spyderco Sharpmaker. 1/4 mile from road so some noise. I did have permission to be on the property and taking a sapling was not an issue.
The sapling was rougly 3.7" diameter, not that big but thick enough that it could not be bent and cut.
Yes, I know, a knife isn't the best chopping tool. But a 3-6" fixed blade is common carry in the woods, an axe or hatchet is not due to size and weight. If I carried a larger and heavier kit in the bush, it would contain a hatchet, but I don't, so I use this.
Yes, a larger knife would be better for chopping. But then again we could circle around to the axe/hatchet argument.