Took the Bravo 1 for a walk.

patrickjames said:
Bigbcustom,Do you really think the sheath will damage the mircarta handle? I don't know, I new to this but it don't seem likely.My handle on my Bravo-1 is G-10. It's tough stuff,just slick.I may try to bead blast it.
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One of my buddies that got his the same time as I got mine has, in fact, slightly munched the edges of the micarta on his after a couple of hours of "knifesturbating" in his living room. I am going to heat and reform the lips to nullify this issue. I am really surprised that the issue exists in the first place. All that being said, G10 is, I think, more abrasion resistant than micarta so it might not be an issue there, or maybe the sheaths we happened to get were a little more abrasive in that area.
 
One thing is for sure, the Kydex comes TIGHT, you will not lose the knife for sure. It will be an easy fix to loosen it up a little. My leather from JRE should be here next week, I'll post pics of it.
 
bigbcustom said:
muzzleup, what do you think of the Currahee? I have been thinking of getting one, but haven't really heard anything about it other than the write up in tactical knives. Is the edge thick, or thin? Does it balance well in the hand? How is the comfort and control when performing finer tasks with it?

Thanks,

Brian
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Brian,
So far I have been EDC'ing the Currahee with a SAK in the pouch and though it looks very bulky it rides quite well as an EDC...no problems when I sit down or get in at out of the car.

I have not torn apart any pallets with it as they did in TK, but it feels stout enough that I would not worry if I had to do some minor prying with the blade. The edge is not thick but its also not really thin, just sort of just right. I have cut up about a dozen cardboard boxes with it and could not feel any degradation of the cutting edge. I did give it a quick buff on a felt wheel with green compound but mostly just to get all the tape glue off of the edge. The only problem with cutting up boxes is the choil wants to get in the way and you have to move the blade out a little bit to clear the choil.
All-in-all I think it is a pretty nice smaller size knife with the heft of what feels more like it's a bigger knife.
The handle is very comfortable and I have not experienced any "hot spots" during use.

Hope this has been a small amout of help for you.

Ciao
Ron
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I really like the look of the Currahee, and the fact that it's D2 is that much better! Factory knives are getting better all the time, and are up there close to customs lately, very cool.
 
I was recently bitten by the Bark River bug.

I'm trying to decide between the Gameskeeper and the Bravo-1.

I like the profile of the Bravo EXCEPT for the thumb ramp. I also kind of wish the convex was full height. I like the profile of the Gameskeeper just as much, EXCEPT for the large choil.

Anyway, are there any of you who now have the Bravo-1 had a chance to compare it with the Gameskeeper? :confused:

Thanks!
 
muzzleup, Thanks for answering my question. Yes, that did help, going to order one now.

KeithAM: I have both now (just got my Bravo-1 the other day). I haven't gotten a chance to use the Bravo yet, but I like the way it balances in my hand better than the gameskeeper. I actually like large choils on my knives (personal preference), and I like thumb ramps. The thumb ramp on the Bravo is too far towards the butt of the knife for my tasts though...needs to move 1/2" forward IMHO.

Gameskeeper:

pro:choil
con:balance, lack of thumb ramp

Bravo-1:
pro: thumb ramp (even if it is in the wrong place), balance, visual appearance
con:no choil, thumb ramp not properly placed.

The above are just my opinions. They are both excellent knives, and will both do a good job for you.
 
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