Bark River River's Edge

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I've recently found Bark River knives, and I'm impressed with what I see. I'm leaving for a two week backpacking trip to the Appalachians soon, and I'm looking for a new knife. I really like the River's Edge Camp Knife--those of you who have one, any comments on it?
 
i just bought my first bark river knife i jumped on the ban wagon and got a bravo#1 im hoping its great:D
 
They look like great all round users. I have never owned one but i have only heard good things. Good luck:)
 
It ain't no Busse cuz it couldn't chop down the whole forest without sharpening.

It's made of 12C27, so if you look at it funny it will probably warp like a rubber stage prop.

It's inspired by a Loveless, but he is dead, so how immortal could the design be?

The blade is five inches long. This is either too long or too short for the consensus experts on this forum.

The handle, even though it is 4.0 inches long, will be considered by many to be too short.

It's a full height convex grind, which means it is only good for badly cutting yourself.

The blade isn't coated, so how cool could it possibly be?

It will be only one of 150, so just how popular could it be?

The guard is aluminum, which means you could crush it with your bare hand.

It is too pretty to take camping and you'll cry if you lose it.

Oh yeah, the Force Recon training dudes don't know what in the hell they are doing since they didn't explain, using geometry and statisitical regression analysis, exactly why they like the Gameskeeper and commissioned the Bravo-1.

Bark River is just an advertising conspiracy with a cult like following based upon pretty handles and artificially maintained desireability.

That about sum it up?:D

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Buy one and use it like you stole it. It will be up to the challenge.
 
I got my first Bark RIver a couple of months ago - a Mini Canadian for edc. It is a fine tool that is up to anything, and the convex edge is easy to maintain and sharpen. I hear customer service with them is top notch, but I have not needed to find out for myself.
 
The BRKT Rivers Edge is designed as a camp knife, meaning it may not slice onions and skin muskrats quite as well as some BRKT knives, but is well up to batoning, cutting apart large game animals, and chopping carrots for stew.

The 12C27 (with Mike's heat treat) is almost as good as A2 in most aspects, and rust resistant.

If the design appeals to you, go ahead and get it. I'm sure you'll like it. I have two and enjoy them, and have nothing but good to say about them. Great knives!

I think if I were buying a dedicated backpacking knife from BRKT, I'd look real closely at the Snowy River: it's designed to be as light as possible. They're a bit hard to find right now, but a new run is coming up shortly. A Snowy River with a bamboo handle would be awesome, and light as a feather!
 
I have a River's Edge and it is a very fine knife indeed. For general camping purposes, it should be perfect.

Andy
 
I own most of the Bark Rvier knives and Busses and Swamp Rats in that size catagory. Comparing to other Barkies only, it is not as tough as a Fox River, Gameskeeper, or Bravo-1, but it is lighter, has a good guard, and Mike's 12C27 is very stainless and holds an edge very well. It has a drawn tanp, so you will not be breaking that. It would not be my first choice for hunting, combat, chopping, or killing live bears. It is the knife that rides in my pack on day hikes (along with a few others).
Ron Athay
 
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