Post your Bark Rivers HERE

MajorD said:
That's too bad that you had an issue with your Bravo 1.5 but that is the best way for someone to form an opinion on a company. Again I've owned over a hundred and I truly have had excellent luck with mine. You unfortunately did not so that would taint anybody's initial opinion.

Good luck with your future choices.
Click to expand...

link2derek said:
I've owned probably 30 BRKT knives over the years and only had a problem with 2 of them. Both times, the guys up north took care of the issue for me. I even felt compelled to write about it here:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1232779-Great-experience-with-Bark-River-(BRKT)
Click to expand...

Believe me; I look at their knives often and reconsider buying. I may do it one day soon as I really admire the aesthetics of many of their models.
 
I
Skrapmetal said:
I am someone who... can talk negatively about my past experiences with BRK.

I will say that if you get a good one, it will definitely be a good one. I have one left, of the large number I've owned. A first run Bravo 1 that was carried for work daily for a few years... it dug holes, was used as a prybar, stripped large phone cables, and was even batoned through a piece of gas main once... with a hammer as a baton.

Obviously some of the things I did were abusive, but it held up well. I dented the edge pretty badly once, and the hammer took a toll on the spine. But it never chipped out. I have since ground off the thumb ramp, smoothed out the spine, and polished/sharpened it up. It is now retired and living in my knife case.

I've owned a lot of BRK's. I don't recall how many, but the number has to be near 40-50. I only own that one now, and it was one of the few that didn't have some sort of QC flaw that contributed to driving me away from being a BRK customer. But that one knife is one of the best I've owned for taking everything I threw at it and surviving.

View attachment 526917

That is an old pic, taken after it was used to open a tar-wrapped phone splice.
Click to expand...

A knife is not a

Shovel
Prybar
Wirestripers
Axe
Hammer

Just my thoughts
 
TomahawkandBowie001_zps518c43c6.jpg


Rogue with black micarta and patinated blade. Pretty doggone close to my ideal of a perfect traditional bowie.
 
Two years ago I bought my first, a first-run Gunny Hunter in 3v. I used it a lot, learned a lot about the knife, and really came to enjoy it.



I liked it enough that I wanted to buy my dad one for Christmas, but I realized he'd probably never use it due to the expense. He'd keep the Barkie in his sock drawer and keep using the old Buck Vanguard instead. But if he MADE the Barkie...

So my Christmas present was to take him to the Grind-in. If you don't know, a couple times a year Bark River allows folks to come in for a weekend, learn the process (save heat treating) and make their own knife. Or knives. My dad and I had a phenomenal time, made new friends, and came away with a pair of great Barkies for each of us, an Aurora and a Bushcrafter. You can make pretty much whatever you can draw on a piece of steel, or use one of their pre-cut blanks. The BRKT crew is incredible, and can do as much or as little of your knife for you as you need. Amazing time, amazing people. We're going back in another month, and have been discussing what we want to make for the past 4 months....

 
Cool grind in knives. I had not heard of this event before. That does sound like a lot of fun.
 
Hi Phil, I wonder what's that second knife on your second pic with wider blade on post#76?

Edit: Never mind, saw your post #10.
 
Last edited:
Decided to take a chance on BRKT and bought this parang. Should be here later this week!

parang_a2_natural_canvas_micarta_339_95-Edit__76820.1409085142.290.220.jpg
 
bluemetalchurch said:
Decided to take a chance on BRKT and bought this parang. Should be here later this week!

parang_a2_natural_canvas_micarta_339_95-Edit__76820.1409085142.290.220.jpg
Click to expand...

That is a beast of a knife!
Be sure to put it to good use!

The advantage with such a large and wide blade is, if there's a damage to the edge, there are plenty of mass to shape a new edge.

Damages can and do happen to our knives, when we use them as the tools they are.
I have damaged several of my Bark River knives, when using them hard.
I have learnt the hard way,that for my kind of use, a thick edge is required.

When I chipped my Golok, Mike Stewart said I should send it back to him and the crew will fix it.
There was nothing wrong with the heat-treatment, but the edge was too thin for a hardhitting abuser like me.
I got it back with slimmer bladeheight, but thicker geometry and the knife has held up perfectly for 7 years now.

I learnt a lot from studying the new bladegeometry BR made for me and today if a knife chips out, I just make the edge thicker on a beltsander.

The BR Bowie in the pic is such a home fixed knife.
A week ago my wife asked me to take care of a wood-pile, for firewood.
I used the knife for both chopping and splitting various dry hardwoods like 4" Maple.
I used the proper techniques for the work and this abused old beater came out of it with flying colors!

1438628709-IMAG0291-1.jpg


I'm happy to have it in my inventory of users!


Regards
Mikael
 
You'll like that 1.5. I think it might be my favorite BRKT style / length. We need pics though. :D
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top