BRKT Snowy River GL?

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Anybody have the Bark River Snowy River guardless? Does it actually have a scandi grind or not? How does it compare to the Bravo1 (the only Barkie I have at the moment). How do you like it as a bushcraft knife?
 
I was wondering this myself, I have been checking these out for a while...it looks cool, and its in 12C27...it looks like it would handle fish cleaning duties no problem! Gene
 
i have a snowy river in green micarta... it isn't the gaurdless model though....:o it's got a gaurd that was ground down a bit... i genrally don't like hidden tang knives, but this one rocks...:thumbup::thumbup:

they are great all around field knives... very comfortable and rediculously light-weight.... the 12c27 is wicked sharp and is easy to sharpen....

here's a pic of mine, in my northstar sheath with a mikro slither piggybacked...:D
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As best I can tell from hours on Google, the "Scandi Grind" was first defined by UK "bushcrafters." To be a "Scandi" the flat bevels that meet to form the cutting edge do so without any secondary bevel - just two flat surfaces meeting to form an edge.

The Barkies are convex ground - not flat ground, yet they have no secondary bevel. So they are -- and yet are not -- "Scandi's."

Few production knives made in Scandinavia meet the definition of a "Scandi Grind" since almost all of them have a secondary bevel. This has been pointed out by Scandinavian custom makers, but is ignored by proponents of the "Scandi Grind."
 
That is precisely the reason I asked. On the DLT Trading site the SR GL is specifically described (presumably by BRKT) as a scandi grind. But in light of the normal convex grind on Barkies I wondered if it was a true scandi or a convex scandi-like, if that makes sense. Hard to tell just from pics.
 
Do you wish to avoid convex-ground knives?

My “Snowy River” blade is 1/32nd” short of 4” with a cutting edge of 3-5/8” made out of Sandvik 12C27 Stainless Steel at 58HRC – I have only one other 12C27 Bark River and that is the Mini North Star and I have found it equal to Spyderco’s VG10 which says something for the heat treatment of BRK&T given the difference in carbon percentages between the 2 steels (.6 for 12C27 and .95-1.05 for VG10). I like both of these steels as they are clean finely grained steels which are easy to sharpen but hold a cutting edge for a long time. The blade is 1/8” thick and 27/32” at its widest with a swedge of 3” and is 1/32” thick about 1/8” from the point. As Mike pointed out the blade is similar to a wide “Scandi” grind and the grind is about 60% of the width of the blade with a fine convex edge. The handle including the guard is 4-5/32” long and 31/32” at its widest and 1-3/16” wide at the guard. The handle is 5/8” at the thickest (this is on the slab sided ASB the dimensions for the Black Canvas Micarta are ¾”). The OAL is 8-1/8” which coupled with its light weight makes it a lightweight package indeed suitable for trekking into the wilds where every ounce is important. The sheath is a simple pouch sheath which comes in the raw ready for you to wet form, stain and seal to your liking. The sturdy tight pouch coupled with the light knife makes it as safe unit.
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No, its just that if it is convex then there are other Barkies I might consider instead. Just trying to figure out if it is truly "different" than most of the other Barkies.
 
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