Buck Nighthawk Bravo

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Elevation

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Good evening

How come I hear/can find so little about this promising looking knife? There isn't a single review I can find, while it's just the knife i'm looking for at the moment. It's fixed blade, has a tanto blade, so it will work like a charm while prying etc.

Is this knife haunted or something? :eek: ;)

Anyone?
 
I suspect there are not so many tanto fans herebouts as there are fans of more traditional American-style knives with more traditional shapes.

I don't use knives to pry things, so I sure couldn't comment on that.

And you said, "prying, etc."

Is "etc" just more extensive knife-torture?
 
I agree that Tanto blades seem to be not too popular. I also agree that a knife should not be used to pry or ect.
 
I know, and I won't if i don't need to. But sometimes it's necessary for what i want to use the knife for. :(
 
Elevation said:
I know, and I won't if i don't need to. But sometimes it's necessary for what i want to use the knife for. :(
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Surely there has to be something at hand better suited for use as a pry bar than a knife? If the occasion arises often where there is a need to pry with something, I'd suggest carrying something suitable for that job.
 
I like to travel light. And this one tool exactly meets my needs. ;)

But noone has any experiences with the knife itself?
 
Can't help you, but if it's a Buck it will do the job (even take a certain amount of abuse, I'm sure).

Do you know how the tanto point came to be invented?
 
I think it was perfected and named after the Lone Rangers side kick...lol.
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Close, but no cigar, my tomodachi.

:D

The tanto point was invented by a man named Yamamoto Honda Tanto hundreds of years ago in Seki, Japan.

He found a bunch of broken swords (some green Samurai trainees had been using them to pry up stumps in preparing a rice paddy) behind Ye Locale Sworde Shoppe and Yamamoto took them home and sharpened up the points and sold them as knives.

His new business proved so lucrative that he soon bought a chain of sushi restaurants and retired after making a huge fortune. His children had a yen for travel and invented many wheeled transport vehicles, including the Accord and the Gold Wing.

Moral of the story is don't pry with a sword unless you want to make it into a knife.
 
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Also note the Bravo is not an actual tanto, but a "Besh Wedge" type point licensed from knife maker Brett Beshera.
 
I have two Nighthawk but not the Tanto, However you couldn't go wrong, I love the Tanto for pure out abuse.
 
I really like mine, it's a favorite in my hunt pack. This thing is bullet proof so far...but no prying!
 
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