Calling to BRKT Bravo-1 owners

I own quite a few Bark River's, but no Bravo. To a large extent, while they are beautiful knives and excellently made, they are too expensive for me anymore, for what you get. You get a fine knife, that can be made to cut well (but generally not by me). I do particularly like the Fox River, though. But for probably 90% of my uses, the RAT's/ESEE's are more than capable, are cheaper, and sharpen easier (for me). What can't be done by an ESEE-4 can be done with my Fallkniven H-1, my other favorite knife. It is about the greatest thickness I can abide by in that general length of knife.
 
I have one question left, is the BRKT Kydex Molle and/or teklok compatible?

@Tony, sorry for asking BRKT info on the ESEE board, i understand your point.
Since ESEE owners all are hard users of their knives i thought it'd a good source for info.
 
basb said:
I have one question left, is the BRKT Kydex Molle and/or teklok compatible?

@Tony, sorry for asking BRKT info on the ESEE board, i understand your point.
Since ESEE owners all are hard users of their knives i thought it'd a good source for info.
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all mine worked w/ TEK -LOC's

No problem ,just sometimes these type of thread turn into brand war... so far so good :thumbup: no problem :D
 
I like my Bravo 1 a lot but do not like the smooth G10 handle. IF I had it to do over I would pick a different handle material.

The A2 has taken a wicked edge with my EdgePro Knife sharpener.

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Bill
 
I have a couple RC-4's, RC-3 and IZULA. I also have a Bravo-1, Gunny, Fox River, and many other Bark River blades.

I prefer the Bravo-1 handles over the RC-4, but I do have long fingers and big hands, YMMV. Weight wise, it's about the same as the RC-4 even though it has a thicker blade. The Bravo-1 has a good balance point that makes it feel lighter than it is.

I also really like the Gunny. The Fox River, however, does not fit my hands very well. It's my least favorite of the group.

I say get both and find out what works for you. I like them good enough that I kept both, and still use both!
 
I've got a couple Bravo-1s and a couple of RAT/ESEE-4's and love them both. If you are on the fence about getting either a Bravo-1 or an ESEE-4 I'd say get the ESEE-4 first. If you are still dying to try a convex grind then you can send it to Bark River and they will regrind it for you. You'll still be under the the cost of a new Bravo-1. Here's what mine looked like when I got it back from Bark River. My other RC-4 I left alone :)

Sorry to those who have seen this pic a million times...
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That looks sweet. I bought the Bravo-1 to see if I liked a high quality convex edge knife. Never thought about sending them an RC-4 for a convex edge.
 
smcclown05 said:
I've got a couple Bravo-1s and a couple of RAT/ESEE-4's and love them both. If you are on the fence about getting either a Bravo-1 or an ESEE-4 I'd say get the ESEE-4 first. If you are still dying to try a convex grind then you can send it to Bark River and they will regrind it for you. You'll still be under the the cost of a new Bravo-1. Here's what mine looked like when I got it back from Bark River. My other RC-4 I left alone :)
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Well I hadn't seen it before. Very nice. May I ask what the cost was for the regrind?

Thanks Bill
 
Thats unexpected, to see a company regrind a blade that was made another company.
Nice job at it though

Just ordered a bravo 1 with black and blue G10 as shown earlier in this thread, pretty sure that the esee-4 will follow not much later.
 
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Supposedly, that is exactly what the "thumb ramp" is for on the Bravo-1 and Gunny: firesteels. According to the pictures and explanations on the BRKT website, the "thumb ramp" is not supposed to be used for placing your thumb; the thumb is supposed to go forward of the ramp, or at least on the forward portion of the ramp, and the serrated portion is for firesteels.
 
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