A
basic skill set of primitive bushcraft, batoning is the act of splitting a larger piece of
wood with an edged weapon (usually a fixed blade knife such as a bowie) by hammering the knife through with another piece of
wood in the manner of a hammer or mallet.
As the
sun was setting, the temperature was plummeting. The group had to start a fire quickly.
Jane, the group'
s leader, had already begun to chop down large branches with an axe. She began batoning the large logs into smaller, manageable branches and twigs with her bowie hunting knife.
