batoning isn't necessary

YouTube:

• by @Outdoors on the Cheap
  • "Cutting Wrist Thick Trees Without Batoning", Jan 2022
    • 4:00   How do you gather kindling? When you have an axe and pre-sawn logs, you split with the axe. When you're out in a forest though, you do it very differently — you gather twigs and branches.
    • 5:08   Softwood trees are actually more difficult to cut down than hardwood trees.
    • 6:53   Demonstration — 2" tree.
    • 8:33   Demonstration — 3" tree.
    • 11:18   Demonstration — 2" tree with a pocket knife.
    • 12:53   Demonstration — 4" tree.
  • "Batoning is not Needed with Knowledge of Woodlore", Feb 2024
  • "Response to comments about Batoning & Fires", Feb 2025
    • 7:43   A quick summary of how he obtained kindling in the previous video.
• "'Bushcraft' knives are silly and 'batoning' is a stupid survival skill." | The Revolting Man (note: he's a kook)
• "Batoning is Stupid & I'll Prove It" | School of Self Reliance