CABS and Bark River

You can use a butchers steel to maintain your INFI edge for a very long time. It might not be something you want to take with you hunting, but the guy in the video said it himself, its not a hunting knife. However if you are using the knife primarily for slicing you will see the best effect from a coarse low angle edge, if you haven't it's worth trying.
 
HandofCod said:
To the OP it's funny you should mention the CABS and the Bravo1 together. I recently found out that the leather sheath for the bravos fits the cabs perfectly! A great cheap leather sheath for an awesome knife!

ETA I should mention that I'm talking about the old sheath design with the firesteel loop. Not the new design with years generation of bravos.
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I've been looking for a sheath for a CABS I scored in the Alaskaganza. I've got plans in the works for some custom leather, but I've been wanting something off-the-shelf to carry it in the meantime... I picked up one of these (I found it as the Bravo 1 SharpShooter Sheath), and it's pretty close to a perfect fit!

Thanks for the tip...

-mike-
 
I got my CABS sheath from Al Welke. $30, fast, and best quality in terms of material and fit. I'd definitely go this route if you're not scared of kydex scratching your knife.

I'll do some comparison pics between the Fallkniven S1, the Bark River Bravo 1, and the CABS once I have time. All I have to say for now is that they are all very similar in size and function (my functions, which may vary from your own). And I think the only thing I can possibly complain about is I like sharp spine edges and the CABS is rounded and very smooth. Oh, and it's pretty expensive too, for the few of us who struggle with the idea of $300+ knives that will eventually be broken, lost, or worn down to a nub.

Regardless, I still bid on another one last night on eBay (and was thankfully outbid) because it's a damn fine piece of equipment.
 
CapitalizedLiving said:
I got my CABS sheath from Al Welke. $30, fast, and best quality in terms of material and fit. I'd definitely go this route if you're not scared of kydex scratching your knife.
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I'm not scared of the scratches, as I intend for this to be a user. And I've got a number of sheaths from Al, and have never been disappointed with his work. The CABS I have, tho, isn't standard. It's got wood handle slabs with a slightly different profile, and mosaic pins. From what I've seen, I don't think any of the makers' standard kydex sheaths would fit it. That's why I was so happy to find an "off-the-shelf" solution that seems to work well... Thanks for the suggestion, though.

-mike-
 
Oh yeah, didn't you write about your CABS somewhere else? I remember running into a post about a CABS mod involving wooden handles when I was trying to talk myself into buying one.
 
CapitalizedLiving said:
Oh yeah, didn't you write about your CABS somewhere else? I remember running into a post about a CABS mod involving wooden handles when I was trying to talk myself into buying one.
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I think I know the mod you're talking about, but no, that's not mine. Mine had wood slabs right from the start. A custom shop piece from AlaskaGanza '11.

I did put up a pic thread of mine a while back tho, so you may have seen it as well.
 
Allcaps321 said:
You can use a butchers steel to maintain your INFI edge for a very long time. It might not be something you want to take with you hunting, but the guy in the video said it himself, its not a hunting knife. However if you are using the knife primarily for slicing you will see the best effect from a coarse low angle edge, if you haven't it's worth trying.
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worth noting that it should be a glass smooth steel if you can get one. The heavily ribbed butchers steels can act like carbide bits, ripping and tearing away metal rather then 'burnishing them' back into place. The glass smooth will remove less metal and help your edge/knife last longer.
 
Last Visible Canary said:
worth noting that it should be a glass smooth steel if you can get one. The heavily ribbed butchers steels can act like carbide bits, ripping and tearing away metal rather then 'burnishing them' back into place. The glass smooth will remove less metal and help your edge/knife last longer.
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Good note, thanks. I do plan on trying out a steel but I currently use strops for all my knives and they seem to work really well. A friend of mine who is a huge BRK fan is making a batch of "field strops" and I'll be picking up a couple from him. I found that virtuovice's comments regarding strop use were spot on, although I can't say I've ever tried the white strop powder he likes. Green, black, and a nice thick piece of leather seem to be good enough.
 
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