Bark River Bravo 1 - Very Torn Now.... HELP!

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Both of my B1s' have the spines and ramps rounded over from the buffers at the factory.

Their like running a ball bearing on the fire steel. lol
 
There are a couple of youtube videos of the Bravo-1 by bluntruth4u; one building a survival shelter (batoning, driving the blade crosswise through 3.5"-4" wood, etc), and another tabletop showing the knife after it had done the work. I don't know how to embed them here. I own a B-1 and I don't think the OP has any reason to be overly concerned as to its sturdiness.

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The tang is the same on all the fallknivens. Basically the outline of the handle minus .2" or so. With radiused corners instead of 90 degree stress risers.

And you can make excuses all you want for knives breaking ... I'd rather have a knife that I haven't seen broken yet. I searched for some time, and I have not found pics or even reports of a Fallkniven failing. Same for Busse. So that's what I'm going by.

Edit: as for the warranty thing, my view is echoed by the cinema classic, Tommy Boy:

Ted Nelson, Customer But why do they put a guarantee on the box?
Tommy: Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of shit. That's all it is, isn't it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer's sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality product from me.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPiEvmK-ZYI

the last part shows the fallkniven all chipped to hell. When I lived in alaska in teen degree weather (hardly harsh weather for AK or any northern state really) all these fancy pants super steel chipped and deformed while plain ole homely 440c and 1095 performed superbly with zero problems.
 
I enjoyed that batoning video. Poor technique batoning through a far too big log in what appears to be a backyard. Is that wd-40? People carry that in the bush?
 
lone-panther said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPiEvmK-ZYI

the last part shows the fallkniven all chipped to hell. When I lived in alaska in teen degree weather (hardly harsh weather for AK or any northern state really) all these fancy pants super steel chipped and deformed while plain ole homely 440c and 1095 performed superbly with zero problems.
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Well to be fair the video does show him hitting a rock ½ the size of a grown mans fist, sending the rock flying off camera (4:54) And another at (5:03). and hacking into the ground alot.

This is actually a good substitute scenario for when people say nobody hacks trough concrete when out in the bush, like noss4 does in his videos.
(That actually surprises me, this stuff happens in the real world :confused: )
 
I doubt it's any better than the Bravo 1 - just longer. My ESEE Junglas goes through tree limbs that size like a chainsaw. :thumbup:

It ain't as pretty as either of those but for $150 with an awesome adjustable sheath, it's a much, much "higher value for the $$" than any BUSSE or other for that matter in the 10" blade length category.

A Bravo 1 or an A2 isn't really a heavy chopper - don't know why they beating up on dead trees with them? :confused:
 
I like the Bravo 1 and would try one if the price was lower. It's hard to justify spending that much when there are many capable knives to be had for much less.

Regarding the hard use of a knife, some guys are just good at breaking things and some guys are good at not breaking things. I've never broke a knife regardless of it's design. The knife I beat up the most is an old Javenpa Scout knife that my father bought me when I was a kid. It's basically a mora knife with a leather handle. I batoned the crap out of that knife and it never broke. I rehandled it with a piece of crown stag and I can tell you the tang is a skinny rat tang. My 2nd most abused knife is my old USMC Kabar, another skinny tang knife. That one has seen 20 years worth of honest hard use and plan to give it to my son when he's older. I've even used my Buck 110 for splitting wood, no issues, but I grew up doing this.

You can dispute rat tang vs full tang, Bark River vs Fallkniven, etc., but it won't make a difference to the guy who doesn't know how NOT to break it.
 
Say Heah Fella's, My first Bravo 1 was a A-2, Ghost Green Jade G-10 handle, before long I got the Bravo 2, the Golok (yup the butter knife on steriods) and the Woodland Special, I was so impressed with the Bravo 1, that I got one in 3V, I liked that one so much I got another one just incase, well I'm still using my 3V withought having to use the other Bravo 1 in 3V, and my A-2 set is still going great, I do baton, but I'm sensible like it was mentioned before, it's a knife not a splitting maul, and I only baton smaller logs for kindling to start a fire, dry logs burn just fine. The big difference between the Camillus BK'S and the Ka-Bar BK'S is the tang, the Ka-Bar's have a skeletinized tang, Mr. Becker made a comment that their JUST as strong and better balanced, same with my BK-9, and my BK-2, I baton them alot, again sensibly and that is I only did it for kindling and sometimes for dry wood to start a fire. But then I always wanted a Leuku, so I got the Stromeng KS 9, I believe if it's tempered right and no flaw doing that and the steel having a good grain structure, a Rattail (stick tang) will take a moderate batoning, yup I baton my Stromeng KS 9 and no problems, but again I don't use them as a splitting maul, its a knife. I also have a C.S. San Mai 3 vintage Trailmaster (early 90's) and (2) CarbonV Recon Scout's and a CarbonV S.R.K. and a O.D.A. in CarbonV and I baton them and no problems, infact one of my Recon Scout's hasn't been used yet or sharpened, sure my Busse's are made for hard use, but ANY knife can break, no I never broke a Busse either, I believe their made better, but I have no problem using my Bravo 1 in 3V my 2Hawks Double Bit Hatchet, and my Wicked Tough Saw made by Wicked Tree Gear and I know I can trust my life on my tools, you do get what you pay for, but a skeletinized tang isn't a weak tang infact it's designed to distribute the stress as good as a solid tang IMO.
 
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