Another Bark River Testimonial!

[StretchNM]

Well, my Bark River Northstar didn't have to wait until my birthday to mold itslef into my hand. Today's our Anniversary (27 years!) and when I got in the truck to go out to eat, Mama had the Northstar on the driver's seat! I told her I guess I'd have to order a mini-Northstar for my Birthday then, right? Guess what she said? "Yeah....right". Right on! ((( )))

The Northstar didn;t have to wait to draw blood either. Tonight, our cat alerted me to the presence of something in the shop. As I went to investigate, I heard what sounded like an aeresol can stuck "on". psssssssssss. What else could that be? A three-foot long western diamond back rattler, that's what else. Guess what was on old Stretch's belt? A Northstar with a pristine edge, that's what!

I beheaded the beast as it twisted and writhed in serpentine girations under a 4' piece of maple I used to pin its head down with. My daughter was hollering for a dissection, so out came the Northstar. I said "We're not gonna dissect it honey, we're gonna clean it, skin it, and eat it!"

The Northstar sprang into action and performed admirably, slicing the Medusa down it's length. The tip proved adept at gently cutiing the hide from it's muscular domain. My dear daughter snapped some quick photos with "her" new digital camera but then she glommed the apparatus and hid it somewhere. I'll post some pics when I can find it and wrestle the thing from her greedy li'l hands.

Looks like there's going to be a mini-Northstar in Priority Mail soon. All I need to do is find the dealer that has the knife with maroon or red linen scales!!!! I hope there's one on the shelf somewhere, Birthday's fast approaching this month!

 

[Ben Dover]

The BRKT Northstar is certainly one fine knife! I sure do love mine!

 

[theonew]

Stop all this Bark River praise.....

It's driving me nuts, I want a Barkie so badly, I've been eyeing the Bravo-1 for a couple of weeks. The Bark River knives are just so beautiful and if they perform half as well as the praise I've read here I'd be quite happy. I currently have a CR Mountaineer II, an excellent, handsomely functional knife, and thus don't really need another sturdy, sharp medium sized fixed blade, but the Barkies are just so attractive looking.

 

[IUKE12]

Nice story, pics will be nice, all these testimonials are kill'n me brother. Really got me on the Barkie buying spree. I had a priority box waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday. My Canadian Special arrived, awesome knife and Bark River sharp as usual. I gave KSF the order and was quite satisfied with the transaction. Enjoy the North Star.

 

[LaBella]

I love me some Bark River knives, in fact Ken C. and yours truly are heading up there this Friday!

 

[ahgar]

Great, just great, I've never even seen a Bark River in person and now i don't know if i can live another day without one. you people are evil. ahgar

 

[okbohn]

Great story! I HATE snakes, but I am guessing if they were on the Bar-b-que, they would be fine.

I love the Mini-Northstar--it is one of the most useful, handy knives. Red Linen makes a beautiful knife. I did some checking and I couldn't find either of those knives. DLT has a Red G-10, but that is as close as I found. Good luck in you search. If you can't find what you want, I'd be happy to check with Mike to see if they have any blades left for a special order.

 

[Irezumi]

Might make a nice new sheath...I love leather sheaths with snake skin inserts

 

[Morrow]

Nice story...let's the see the pics. I have a "I won't f#$% with you if you don't f#$% me" policy with snakes.

To the other posters....
Nobody here would ever unnecessarily tempt you buy another knife...ohh...what do I have here....I just happen to have some pictures of my Bravo-1...silly me.

Feels sooooooo good in the hand.

 

[Mongo]

I'll add my recent Bark River testimonial... happened last night. Last night was "garbage night", which includes separating and dismantling stuff for the recycle bins. I had this box from Sam's club that was a double thickness of already thicker than normal cardboard. The total thickness was at least 1cm. So, using the knife I had on me... a purposely un-named yet popular folder with s30v. This folder had been sharpened to my opinion of a nice sharp edge. I made two cuts with it, and had a moderate amount of trouble doing so. (HAH! no frickin' Cliff to come chime in about this!:thumbup So, I went inside and grabbed my usual go to knife... my Barkie Sandstorm-A, which is a 12c27 blade. She zipped through the same material, making the same cuts on the other side of the box.
Mike Stewart's heat treat of this steel is the best in the biz. Their convex edges are profiled to cut like a beast! I cannot say enough about this entire line of knives.

 

[Scott Dog]

OK guys, I just pulled the trigger on a Barkie that I've eyeing for a couple weeks. I got the Northstar in sheephorn. I ordered from knives ship free. I talked to a guy named Derrick at knives ship free and he talked me out of ordering a Bravo in sheephorn, said it would be too expensive so I did the next best thing and picked up the Northstar which truth be told is what I wanted. I'll probably do the Bravo in green micarta but I'll have to see how I like the Northstar. What I'd really like is a Bravo, Northstar and mini Northstar all in sheephorn. I'm sure I'll be pleased.:thumbup:

 

[IUKE12]

What I'd really like is a Bravo, Northstar and mini Northstar all in sheephorn. I'm sure I'll be pleased.:thumbup:

You are doomed, just a matter of time before you end up with all three

 

[Horn Dog]

I only have one Bark River, the Bravo-1, but it has to be one of the best cutting knives I have ever seen. It's hard to imagine a blade that thick that cuts so well. It out cut this Busse big time (both with factory edges). And Busses are very good knives. After I sharpened the Meaner Street, it cut much better, but out of the box, the Bark River came sharper. I am very impressed with Bark River. I'm sure I'll get more of them.

 

[Foilist]

I got my Northstar about a month ago, but I have not broken it in as dramatically as Stretch (we don't even have poisonous snakes around here). The only Barkie of mine that has drawn blood is my Mini Canadian - and it was my own. I fumbled it and out of reflex, tried to catch it. Zip! A nice cut at the base of my right ring finger.

I was thinking of a Lil Nessy the next time I'm seduced by the Bark Side, but Lord help me, now you're all making me want a Bravo-1!

 

[Kaizen1]

Bark River has some great looking stuff. I gotta get my hands on one some day.

 

[Leatherface]

I want a bark river bravo 1 so bad i can taste it

 

[theonew]

Come on guys this isn't helping. Isn't there someone out there who can tell me why a Bark River sucks? Please anyone....

 

[StretchNM]

Here's the Beast. She wanted to chew on my boot worse than the Northstar wanted to kiss her...... but Bark River won out! ((( )))
Click on the thumbnails to see the pics (like you guys needed to hear that)

Medusa sans head


A little dissection before supper

 

[clearytja]

The bravo-1 is one of the most useful knives I own. It out chops bigger knives, carries so much easier than smaller knives and is as sharp as any knife I own.....but the Canadian Special in big horn sheep is a better knife. Is that something bad about BRKT?
TC

 

[StretchNM]

Nice story, pics will be nice, all these testimonials are kill'n me brother. Really got me on the Barkie buying spree. I had a priority box waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday. My Canadian Special arrived, awesome knife and Bark River sharp as usual. I gave KSF the order and was quite satisfied with the transaction. Enjoy the North Star.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the kind words IUKE12. Enjoy that Canadian Special (I didn't like that thing when I first saw it a couple of months ago, but I like it more and more every time I see it!

Great story! I HATE snakes, but I am guessing if they were on the Bar-b-que, they would be fine.

I love the Mini-Northstar--it is one of the most useful, handy knives. Red Linen makes a beautiful knife. I did some checking and I couldn't find either of those knives. DLT has a Red G-10, but that is as close as I found. Good luck in you search. If you can't find what you want, I'd be happy to check with Mike to see if they have any blades left for a special order.

Thanks Derrick... if you could do that (check with BRKT [maroon or red linen] I'd appreciate it ((and order it!)) Nows the time to correct an earlier error. A couple of weeks ago, I praised your shipping time, saying I ordered it Friday and received it Tuesday. That was an error. I ordered it SUNDAY and received it Tuesday! (I don;t know how I managed to goof that up)

Might make a nice new sheath...I love leather sheaths with snake skin inserts

Outstanding idea! Why didn;t I think of that!!! This is the best Barkie sheath I've received, but that Northstar is still salivating and hankering to slide down into one of Stretch's homemade pantalones! Unfortunately, I got tired and lazy and chucked the hide in the desert! I'm walking out there in a bit to see if I can find it and maybe continue on with it. I was skinning along, remembering the last time I tanned a rattler's skin: all the kneading and neatsfoot oil, and I just gave up and chucked it.