Took this on my last trip with the plan to try batoning for my firewood processing. The Morakniv worked flawlessly and exceeded my expectations. The blade size forced me to seek out smaller diameter wood than I normal would have looked for when using my hatchet. This proved to be a huge advantage. The smaller wood was was easier to find, split with ease, saved time big time, and the wood fit much better under the grate. I'm now a batoning convert and the Morakniv Champion Heavy Duty is a very good economical tool for the job.

+1

Although I opted for a Stainless Steel version of the Bushcrafter several years ago.

dd

Yep, very popular camp knife. I have two and I like that it's inexpensive enough not to cry over if you lose it while tripping. The only potential down side is the lack of a full tang, so while you can baton with it there's always the chance that it could fail. My next trip will be with my newly purchased Fallkniven F1DZ with a full tang. I love the balance on this thing.

The companion is a great little knife for the money. I have the Light My Fire version with the ferro rod in the handle. It puts out a veritable explosion of sparks and makes a handy fire starter if you have no matches or lighter.

Pretty much any Mora knife is a capable camp knife. Other than the Garberg long term batoning probably won't turn out well with them. Still for a trip or two a year they are great. And you can't beat the price.

I just received the Esee PR4 Kephart style knife. Can't wait to use it but I am pretty certain I won't be batoning with it.

Great knife, there are sone YouTube videos about wrapping paracord and filing down the back of the blade for sparking fire sticks.
CB

That knife + the batoning technique makes so much sense to me... especially with future plans for backpacking; I'm in.
Thanks for sharing.

quote Cedarboy: "Great knife, there are sone YouTube videos about wrapping paracord and filing down the back of the blade for sparking fire sticks.
CB"

While adding jimping would likely improve the performance of any blade with regard to producing sparks from a fire steel, the thicker Morakniv blades have a very distinct/square edge along the top of the blade which is fully capable of producing sparks. I tried it with my Stainless Steel Bushcraft knife and it worked fine. The Carbon Steel blade version would probably perform even better. However, I seem to recall that while stainless is harder to hone, but holds an edge longer than carbon. In any case, stainless is less likely to rust.

After several seasons of use, my Bushcraft continues to perform well despite the obvious signs of "battle damage." So, I'm obviously using it as a work tool that receives little TLC.

dd

BTW, the Bushcraft version has enough "heft" that chopping through smaller branches takes little effort.

I've thought about pulling the trigger on one of these for a while but haven't because of the length.

Do you find the blade is just a little too short?

For me the blade length is fine for camp tasks. It's a shy over 4". Anything longer that 4 1/2" is overkill in my opinion.