Excellent news that KSF worked fine for you, how long did it take to ship? I guess I just don't like using overseas sellers because of the prohibitive shipping, along with some horror stories where equipment seems to just sit around at customers waiting for some public servant to misinterpret their own policies. I know this mostly relates to folders but when you are spending so much on getting a knife I like to know its going to arrive.
Cameras are like knives in many ways, you always want another even though you have perfectly serviceable gear already! If I can lend any advice it would be to work out what you intend using it for and accept that you are not going to have everything. Cost, weight, size, functionality and performance all come at a compromise from something else on the list.
I didn't know about the full flat grind Bravo's. Thanks for the heads up!
Do you mean full height convex grind? I also just realised that you can't get the full height convex with desert ironwood handles, according to BRKT's site. Still email KSF, who I think are able to do a bit of custom ordering with Bark River.
here's some pics from the BRKT site, to show the difference
Standard (what I got)
Standard with no Thumb Ramp / Rampless
Standard with no thumb ramp and a full height convex grind (almost looks like a F1!)
I placed my order on the 29/4 and got it on the 6/5, so I was suprised at the fast shipping.
I was able to get it from an Australia dealer, Ron @ Urban Conquest, he asks 210 for them, maybe more for wood handles, but KSF had them in stock so I got it from them.
I know what you mean regarding the money thing, it was alot for me, as I don't have heaps of bucks to throw around, and the F1 was almost 100 bucks cheaper, but now that I have got it in my hand, I don't regret it at all.
What do you use to sharpen your convex edged knives? I didn't include a strop in my KSF order, but did buy some compound, as I was going to be clever and make a strop, but I am just going to buy one from them. So if you don't have one, maybe look at the double sided strop and compound (bark river compound), it is a bit expensive at almost 50 bucks though. Or the strop on its own is like 25 bucks I think.
Thanks for the tip with the camera, I guess anything with like 10 - 12 megapixels would take decent shots, and as long as it has some features like macro, and able to adjust ISO and other things, then it should be good for me.
) snapped them up immediately. Any idea on when more will become available, or am I best speaking directly with KSF or BRKT?
