Bark River Essential II, CPM-154, Green Burlap handles $185

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I have carried this knife a couple times over the summer and used it for a little bit of food prep, but the edge is still shaving sharp. Comes with the box and sheath from Bark River. I modified the handle, perhaps the most extensive modification I've done to a knife, to remove the index finger swell? Kept the handle cool, did not overheat, hand-finished all the way back up to polished bolsters.

I just began grad school, and after a conversation with the campus police, I learned that we can only folding knives. I'll be here for several years, so gonna move this along so that it gets used. It's an absolute dream in hand with my modification. The knife was around $300 new, but can be yours for $200 shipped/insured.

Thanks!
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what was the modification you made? guess my old tired eyes can't pick it up.

View this image: https://knifenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bark-river-essential-ii.jpg

that is the standard handle design for both the Essential, and the Essential II (larger version).

I have never owned an essential, and so perhaps the "index finger groove" makes more sense on the smaller knife. But on the bigger knife, and my medium-to-large size hands, that finger groove landed right in the middle of my index finger. And so and otherwise excellent knife had a fatal comfort flaw, that I remedied in a most suitable way.
 
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