A Bark River question...

[OldPhysics]

OldPhysics,That's a beautiful Fox River:thumbup:

Regarding the bolsters,Did you mean useful in a cosmetic sense or something else?

I have been known to get somewhat 'wild' with my user knives, and for me it's a 'feature' and not just stylish to have that metal bolster. It's tough to damage or mar the metal bolster ... not so tough to damage a lovely wooden handle.

YMMV, as these young types say. It was the metal bolster that attracted me to the A. G. Russell version of the Fox River.

 

[crustaceanmick]

Thanks for all your helpful comments guys:thumbup:

I think I'm going to go with the first one I wanted,The Aurora & work my way up from there.
I really like the sound of that Gameskeeper II with a 5 & 5/8" blade.That's like the perfect size camp knife for me,but it'll definitely be second.I have to get me an Aurora.There's just an unexplainable allure about that knife,I can't describe.
I would categorize my hands as medium size.I mean they're anything but dainty,but I can't palm a basketball either

BTW,What do you think of my new skinner/cleaning knife?I actually prefer ss when cleaning game.Blood wrecks havoc on a non-stainless blade's finish IMO.Plus ever since I've been hunting,since about 14yrs old(mostly hare/rabbit & whitetail),I've always used a small blade & the gut-hook should make things easier zipping him open.I'm just used to it.I have rubber gloves that go up to my elbow,which is usually where I am when cleaning whitetail.

Off Topic-There's no smell in the world quite as satisfying to me,as the smell of a freshly opened up buck,that I stalked & killed myself.I've had friends vomit on the spot from it.I don't know whether it was the sight or the smell,that got to them.Does this make me weird?

Also Off Topic-There's only a few smells in the world that actually make me gag..ie;rotting flesh(like that bloated river rat on the side of the creek),rotting fish,freshly dumped dog crap,Skunk(close up,like when I accidentally ran one over)I actually like the smell of skunk from a distance & believe it or not,sour curdled milk.

Thanks again guys.You really helped out a lot:thumbup:

BTW,Nice to hear from you again Brian

Take care,

I too have medium size hands and find the handle ergo's on the Gameskeeper II, to be very good. As for the off topic stuff; I'm with you all the way, including George Carlin. (Oh yeah, scrap the curdled milk. Thats sick!) :barf: