BRKT Full Tang Kephart and Kephart Companion Review.

Excellent review!

This pair of knives has become a great favorite of mine as well. Extremely useful, nice bit of American woodsy history, and Bark River did a great job on them.

Kephart's original "companion" had fish-scaling teeth ground into the spine. While a part of me wished Mike had put those on the Companion for historical accuracy, I think he made the right choice. The scaling teeth would make the knife less useful for a 1003 daily tasks (couldn't use a thumb on the spine), and I seldom need to scale a fish in the woods - trout just don't need scaling!

I'm another that hopes Mike decides to do another run of both these knives. They are just too good not to!
 
Good pics man. I like the kephart a lot. I had one of their hidden tang kepharts for a while and really enjoyed it, I think if I was to get another barkie the full tang version would be it.
 
Thanks a ton for the review. As soon as I saw the FT Kephart, I knew that is one I gotta have. Simple and proven design made to cut things.

Pete
 
Matt of ML knives is considering making a Kephart companion that is true to the origional, I think his style of work will be perfect for doing this !!!!

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excellent review.
thanks for the info.
started me on the road to studying the life and times of Horace Kephart and the highland country ways.

the Kephart is fast becoming a need knife for me
buzz
 
I like my osage orange Kephart so much I sold both my Nebula and my Aurora user knives to raise money for another project. I still have a Stewart Marsh Bushcrafter if I feel the need for a Woodlore style knife but my Kephart has usurped its place as my all time fav.
I was showing the Kephart to my wife the other day and she pulled a heavy paring knife out of the kitchen drawer. The paring knife is at least 45 years old and made of carbon steel with a dark wood handle. The resemblance to the Kephart design is uncanny. Then she said, laughing "And you paid how much for that Bark River?"

LOL

Nothing new under the sun I guess.

:p
 
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