Richard Simmons
04-03-2011, 11:20 AM
Went to the Knife Show yesterday in Harrisonburg, VA and had a great time. Spent a lot of time with my fellow Buck Collectors Club members and saw a lot of great Buck collections but alas, when it came time to head home I didn't leave with a new Buck (though I did get Chuck Buck to sign my Buck Paradigm, more on that in another thread).
Nope I decided to buy this Bark River Knife & Tool, Bravo 1 with golden elder burl scales.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/rsim20011/100_2451.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/rsim20011/100_2456.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/rsim20011/100_2457.jpg
4.25" of A2 tool steel almost a 1/4" thick (.0215') and 7.7 oz. This thing is a monster in the strength department. It's my first convex blade, been meaning to convex my Becker BK-2 and a few others but just hadn't done it yet. Sharp enough that it will fillet paper.
I'd read about Bark River online and on various forums but had never handled one. When I say this one yesterday, even though they had a table full, those golden elder burl scales just called out to me. May pick up a green linen micarta or black or orange G10 version in the near future for regular use and keep this one as a safe queen as it's even nicer in person.
For those of you unfamiliar with Bark River and or the Bravo 1, basically Bark River had the Marine Corp, Recon Training unit look at a similar knife for their use. They came back to Bark River with some suggestions on changes to the knife. The result of those changes is the Bravo 1.
If your in the market for a quality, hard use fixed blade give Bark River a look. They may not be cheap but I'd say they're damn good!
Nope I decided to buy this Bark River Knife & Tool, Bravo 1 with golden elder burl scales.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/rsim20011/100_2451.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/rsim20011/100_2456.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/rsim20011/100_2457.jpg
4.25" of A2 tool steel almost a 1/4" thick (.0215') and 7.7 oz. This thing is a monster in the strength department. It's my first convex blade, been meaning to convex my Becker BK-2 and a few others but just hadn't done it yet. Sharp enough that it will fillet paper.
I'd read about Bark River online and on various forums but had never handled one. When I say this one yesterday, even though they had a table full, those golden elder burl scales just called out to me. May pick up a green linen micarta or black or orange G10 version in the near future for regular use and keep this one as a safe queen as it's even nicer in person.
For those of you unfamiliar with Bark River and or the Bravo 1, basically Bark River had the Marine Corp, Recon Training unit look at a similar knife for their use. They came back to Bark River with some suggestions on changes to the knife. The result of those changes is the Bravo 1.
If your in the market for a quality, hard use fixed blade give Bark River a look. They may not be cheap but I'd say they're damn good!