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You can pull the strap up straight and there's a dog leg that holds it. Most of the time. But your right. So is the guy who says all leather sheaths suck. Were supposed to be advanced right. Even some early bowies in colonial times had silver one piece sheaths.

and if you actually use the knife you might have an honest opinion of it.......... .

Hi, here in the UK you can just about carry a non locking , finger chopping, folding knife with a blade of 3 inches or less. Anything that locks or is fixed without a solid reason could get you into a load of trouble.

Come to the uk just bringing in some even crazy laws

Not SV35N

I love bark River but the sheaths... If a beautiful woman dresses in clothes from Walmart is she actually beautiful?

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Looks like its been possessed by the old kabar because of the handle. Love it. Great job!

You should have entitled the video”which Buck 110 fits me best. Let me ramble random at ya.”

I love esse knives ,but the softness of their steel is insane. I guess it is just 1095. I feather one stick ,and I have to sharpen it again. I know my carbon and stainless mora knives go dull ,but I can still cut the hell out of wood because of the edge geometry (scandi grind). Maybe esse knives are just for cutting Marshmallows.

Man, I thought I was the only one. You pretty much described my feelings and experience with BRK. My first one, purchased through Knives Ship Free, arrived dull. As in, not sharp at all. Even though I could've sharpened it, I sent it back just out of the principle of the matter. Years later I gave BRK another chance. Did all my purchasing through eBay. I went through a few of them, some decent, some with problems. I gave them all away. And then I saw the Canadian leaf-shaped blade UP Gunny. Found one on eBay with green canvas Micarta scales and had to have it. Left the lame leather sheath in the box and had a Yellow Hawk Custom Kydex sheath made for it. Pretty much the only BRK I will care to own despite it having some imperfections. Oh well. Happy National Knife Day!

I got lucky on all my Bark rivers. I have reservations on buying more though because all the bad reviews. Yes, my knives are save queens because clinical OCD is tricky. LOL. I really love Battle horse knives today. The spines have a really strong burr on both sides. You can even cut yourself if you are not careful.

Bought one about ten years ago. Kalahari hunter in A2 with antique stag scales. Zero convex. Wouldn't hold an edge long enough to field dress one deer. The Great Lakes Leather sheath didn't last one weekend on my hip before the stitching started to tear on the belt loop. Now it's a $300 paper weight. Meanwhile my $35 Buck 110 Light is light saber sharp, holds decent, sharpens easy and the synthetic sheath is holding up fine after five years with tons of carry time.

A BRK with good fit and finish, unbelievable

bashing bark river is a YT fad and its a cry babies errand. the frigging knife is meant to be used. lol they arent safe queens. they are supposed to be used not starred at all day. these YT BR cry babies make me laugh. omg your nit picking everything. lol. seriously go buy an esee. i had a gunny with elk handle it was the most fantasic knife i ever had. and your dumb standard you would have went and cried about the scales not being even. the scales were triangular and bulky it fit in my hand like a glove. but you would have never used it. went on YT and bashed it. and here it was a frigging miraculous knife and wouldnt dull. go make a "which esee is right for you video please." you suck. please stop lol

you were not burned 20 times i call bullshit. go get an esee. ive had 7 bark rivers. one was messed up. i had a gunny scandi that literally wouldnt dull. the aurora bravo and 1.5 are tip top. i have a bravo in crew wear its insane the edge retention is incredible. i see a lot of people who never used the frigging knife cry about a 1/8th grind height difference. the internet is full of Bark river cry babies who need to go away and buy an esee and sharpen it every other use. like these people crying have never even used the frigging knife i can tell. they buy the knife never use it, cry on YT then try to sell it on Ebay for more than what they paid. its pathetic. i dont doubt you had some bad knives. 20? .... spare me. 20?

I also like exposed buts.

Thats why I like LT Wright so much. Everyone is nearly perfect and are a bit less expensive. On top of that LT is much friendlier than Mike at Bark River.

Where can we get help to stop buying knives?

Never bought a bark river although looked several times. Something about them just annoyed me. Maybe because they seem to want to make 47 variations of the same knife. I only need a few fancier fixed blades and I’ve been very satisfied with my 3 l.t. Wright knives. Well made, fairly priced, good attention to detail. Nice vid.

Hey Tom. Great Video. I recently started my BRK journey about a month ago. I currently have 3. Bravo 1 LT in Cru-Wear. Kephart 4 in 3V and my most recent Gunny LT in Magnacut. With that being said my Bravo and Kephart are perfect. Having purchased on the used market. However my Gunny LT pins on the scales are not level or in line with one another. Have you seen this before? And do you know if BRK can fix this permitting they have the scales kicking around? And in you’re opinion, if you had to chose one knife between the Bravo 1LT or the Gunny LT which one would you chose and why? Thanks for any advice you can lend regarding this matter

I bought this knife and I absolutely love it, probably one of my favorite knives. I put a zero convex on mine and it stays sharp for a long time.

To be fair the Izula is not the Izula2. That 1/2 inch in the handle really makes a huge difference. And S35VN is such an awesome stainless steel that is pretty dam tough & easy to sharpen. As ESSE has ignored its fan base, it forced me to try other brands. My recommendation would be one of the following: White River’s M1 Caper in S35VN & now offering Magnacut. Bradford Guardian 3.2 in Magnacut is awesome. Or Bark River’s Iron River also in Magnacut. The best knife ergoes go to White River M1 Caper vs the Izula2. And since ESSE insist on ignoring us White River M1 Caper is the winner. Esse needs to step it up.

👍 I learn so much from your videos. In this case I learned that we have both purchased ~20 knives from Bark River. A difference is that I have never received a bad knife and have found Mike Stewart remarkably easy to converse with. In fact, I remember telling you I thought Mr. Stewart might be watching your videos when I received one of their knives with a much improved leather sheath. One of the very well made knives I received was a Gunny. I can see why it would be a great knife for a deployed Marine, but it was simply too bulky for my purposes. One might argue that 20 knives is too many and why would you have so many from one maker. Well, I now only own 2 Bark River knives. I have a rule that if I buy an additional knife or firearm or a car or a boat or a house one I already own must go. If I buy an additional Bark River knife it only makes sense one of the other Bark River knives must go. Sometimes I have so many Bark River knives the culled knife has just got to be a Bark River. In any event I am sorry we have had such different experiences with Mr. Stewart. What does he say when you call to discuss these problems? No offense to anybody but I am not that familiar with DBK. Every-time I try to watch one of their videos I could not get past the goofy childish intros. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Good video Tom. I enjoy your take on Bark River. I own a stack of them. Doubles and triples on the Bushcrafter and Bravo, and Aurora models. I had one knife my little Aurora Mini that wasn’t sharpened appropriately, which I remedied with a slack belt. I just can’t find fault in them. I have only 3V and CruWear models. So I’m 15 out of 15 with no visible blemishes. Gunny is a great knife, little small in the handle for me, but if I use it for a minute my hand accommodates it. I throw my sheaths away, or stick Moras in them. Patriot leather and Tops Bushcrafter sheaths, or Knife connection sheaths are my go to solutions. My take on Bark River? If I could only have one knife, it would be a Bushcrafter in 3V. I’d part with all of them before I let it go. Not a fan boy at all, I just use a lot of knives and everything from aesthetics, ergonomics, performance and edge retention is there for me. So that’s my take on BR. Like Forest said and that’s all I’ve got to say bout that. Thank you for making another great video.

Awesome share

Well, I own only one Barkie, just to say I do. It's an Aurora and it seems to be pretty good, except for the dog-crap sheath. I'd never buy another, just on principle alone. But I do understand seeing a knife that you like, buying it and using it, even IF it's a BR knife. That is a sweet blade. I like the logger handles, but the sheath has me stumped... That's my lumber one complaint about BR: I get board seeing such crappy sheaths on expensive knives, and that one is one of the worst I 'saw'... Saying that, what's a 'feller' gonna do? 🤷🏼‍♂️ 😔 (PS, my Irish friend, I think those scales, being translucent, might have looked even better without liners, but I'm an idiot, so...)

Mr.Tom....i applaud your candor and brutal honesty. Another fine video. I've had decent luck with Barkies. Regarding timestamp: 03:20-03:30....I like the knives, nuff said. Have a super weekend Sir.

I've had a few and only 1 of the I believe 10 have lasted. It's a Barkriver Northstar A2 steel I believe. I've had it going on 10 years. It's become my dedicated deer hunting knife. Something about this knife just fits my hand perfectly and it slices amazingly. It is a discontinued model but it's one I won't get rid of. Even the sheath for it is good. All the others are long gone by now like you said most have had issues there was only 1 that was "perfect".

I live in WNY, and it’s crazy the laws we have to follow regarding guns and knives. It says you can have a switchblade, but only when hunting or fishing, cuz we all know how great auto’s are for those things. I will say, I have a pocket clip knife with the clip showing, never had a problem, cops ask what it is, you tell them and that’s usually it. I suppose they could be dicks about it, ever happened to me in my 30 years of carrying a blade. I thought the law was that the clip HAD to be showing or else it’s considered “concealed weapon” I don’t go around breaking laws so I don’t worry about it, but I wouldn’t mind living in a different, more red or purple state that doesn’t care about frivolous things like this. I’m more of a slipjoint guy with knife collecting, but I absolutely carry a modern folder too, for the “real” work lol

I got one at an auction. It has a heavy nylon sheath. Same knife. I also have my Dads, and it has leather sheath. The snap pulled out, but a shoe repair guy replaced it.

I need me one of these esee 3 all my hunting buddies suggest them but man they are pricey compared to a cold steel yeah you get warranty but I baby my stuff so it’s hard to pay 3-4x the price :/

I wish someone would do one for NC, because there seems to be a lot of gray areas.

Ive got the adventurer and the mk1 mushroom knife .Both are sweet.Mk1 will make a great neck knife.Condor has competition.

Love the content. Sen-see-yo and ee-zula.

sorry the metric system rules supreme the imperial system is some middle ages shit the whole of science uses the metric system even in the states or do you think engeneers use inches and foot?! they dont... even nasa uses the metric system in all their calculations... they just convert it after in the imperial system

Is this the knifjoy para 3 in 20 cv?Just got that model and i love the 20 cv

Man I wear the exact same eyeglasses as you

I've carried at least a pocket knife since I was 8. Without one I feel incomplete. When I was a kid in the 60s and kind of cheap hardware store pocket knife was great. In the early 70s my Holy Grails were Case and Buck. Then in the late 70s early 80s, and beginning the military phase of my life while thinking I would be the next Patton, Gerber became the object of my envy. In the late 80s when my son got into Boy Scouts and I got back into Scouting as an adult (yeah right, I've just pretended to be an adult) leader Swiss Army Knives caught my attention and they had to share space in my pocket and head with my Gerbers. Moving on down the road another 10 years Benchmade comes along and caught the attention of my fickleness and wandering eye. It has been a long slide into knife poverty since. I discovered ESEE, then LT Wright, Bark River, Bradford,...then Victorinox SAKS again became the apple of my eye. I'd be a rich man today, but i have and addiction and damn it you're not being helpful I ordered two more Izulas today just in case and got the new ESEE Pacaya last week.

Everytime I watch one of your vids, I literally find myself laughing. This time it was the alcohol, no-heroin, no-meth…. 😂. Hey thanks for your content!!

I Sold mine. The handle is bigger than the blade. Carry was annoying and I find folding knives more useful and easier to carry and conceal.

I'm glad I don't live in NY. Thanks for sharing brother 🤙

It’s kinda cool how you customize your Strongarm. We all have different likes and dislikes. The part of the video I liked the best was the scenery behind you.

Informative and funny 😂

When I was 8, my Great Uncle Gee got me a smaller Pakistan 110 clone. I still have it. I'm 37 now. My Dad died in 2021 and he had a real American Buck 110, which he promised to me. It was my EDC for a few years but now it stays in a safe place at home where I can admire it. I EDC a LEOne Lionsteel karmabit now. I love the emerson. Anyway. Buck 110 will always be the most sentimental knife to me. my first knife and my Dad's knife both sit together now.

The ESEE-3 HM has the exact same problem with the transition from handle to blade. I have cut myself more than once because of it. I love everything else about it and even with that one flaw is still one of my most carried fixed blades.

I agree. I have 3 and all the sheaths are worthless. The answer I got from Bark River is sorry but that is the sheath we provide.

I'm new to this channel. I like his presentation. I just bought a 110. I agree with you guys. The shape is intuitive.

Video Quality: 10/10 Audio Quality: 10/10 Apparel: 0/10 I hate Red. The nylon washers are for reducing wear on the blade steel. I own the older XHP version. Though I like it, I prefer the grind of the newer version, because YES losing cutting edge does matter to ME. Also, I will get one of the newer versions and put a tiny sharpening choil where the edge terminates, like on my Recon 1. Thanx for the video my Bladed Brother 👍 ⚔️ ✝️ 🇺🇲

This is a great video! Thank you for posting, my friend. Funnily enough, I was listening to this video as I purchased a 110, lol.