An amazing method that you would use to cut little pieces of wood without using a saw is called batoning. You might know about this method if you have taken part in the class for camping expertise. This is actually the expertise that you would need to use a knife to split wood logs for firing.
The instrument that would need for this job is a knife with a fixed blade. It means that the blade, as well as grip of the knife, comes in the same piece of metal. With a knife like this, you would be capable to stop unwanted accidents from batoning. Further, you need to ensure the length of the knife is larger than the diameter of the wood log you are going to handle. Perfectly, its length should be two to three inches more than the diameter of the log you are going to cut.
Steps on cutting wood:
- First, you need to grip the log of wood up so that it stands vertically against the land with the grains of the wood running vertically as well. You should forever baton along the grain of the wood.
- Then you can place the center of the log and place the blade of the knife along the middle line of the wood log. The full outer line of the knife blade should touch the exterior of the wood log.
- Use another piece of wood to hammer on the knife blade (ensure you hammer on the center of the blade). Do not hammer on the tip of the knife as it is generally the weakest point of the blade). This step is batoning. Continue batoning until the wood log is split into various parts.