This is one of the best videos on YT for prospective knife buyers and Bark River collectors! Very well done!

Great video, exactly what I needed to hear and see

I'd just settle for one that was in stock lol. Nice video thanks!

Thank you so much this was the exact video I was searching for

Great video. The volume was fine for me. Had my cell phone on about half volume and I could hear everything perfectly.

reminds me of my days collecting guitars - they were all my favorites, btw excellent video

I have the new PSK edc and love it! I carry it in a pocket sheath that has a bic pocket as well.

Fabulous video. I wish I would ha e seen it sooner. You should do a video on sharpening equipment recommendations and techniques for various steels and grinds. Even if you only do A2 and CPM 3V it would be most helpful

Great review!

Good video! I agree 100% that an easy to maintain knife is best especially in the woods. If need be a smooth river stone would sharpen the knife, thats not gonna happen with 3V. Knives are a series of tradeoffs. Pick the attributes that are most important to you and let that determine the steel choice. My favorite steel is O1 with my heat treat followed by A2. I am currently making a knife out of 3V but for the most part I prefer a knife that holds an edge for a reasonable amount of time and is easy to maintain.

That’s quite an impressive collection you have!

Love your videos. In fact, you convinced me to acquire LT Wright Boattail Scandi. However, I find it strange that you don't own Bark River Lil' Canadian. I have it in thin stock 3V (2016 model) and I love it. It is my edc carry even though I have XL hands. No problem with finger groves at all. Great little knife and you should definitely try it.

Very helpful video! U have great taste in knives!! 😃👍 When would u choose your Gunny knife? I have the ULB and i love it but am torn between Gunny next, or Aurora LT or Bravo....

First of all, nice and informative video. With your experience with Bark River, I would love to get your opinion on the Kalahari bushman 2. It’s my favorite Bark River knife. Thank you again , looking forward to more Videos.

Excellent video

Very good and honest presentation. It was smart of you to get most (or all?) of your knives in micarta. I often get seduced by nice wood scales which are never as practical as micarta.

Great reviews and collection. Boy, the Christmas Tree business must be pretty good 😂

Perfect video!

I love Bark River, I have a couple, since you're into the smaller blades, I highly recommend the White Horse Knives Caper/Backpacker (same knife, but the Caper has scales)... if you have, or know an ESEE Izula, it's like a Izula turned to "11" and in S30V. The gimping is possibly the GOAT, at least for fixed blades... on par if not better than the legendary Spyderco Para II. The geometry is flawless.

Wow....couldn’t believe i heard that correct....you like the bravo sheath. I absolutely hate that sheath. It tends to split where the thumb ramp hits the sheath...and also the retention strap is simply an annoyance

Hey! Bark river just dropped a new bushcrafter LT which has a .125" inch thickness, I think it'll be amazing! but I dont know if i should get the bushcrafter lt or the ulb. Thank you for the awesome video ♥

Great video, I couldn't tell if you covered it, but what size glove do you typically wear?

Just ordered my first Bark River. Have been a big fan of LT Wright knives, but decided to mix it up a bit

nice collection...lotta money there!

The Bravo 1 is my favorite. It’s convex grind and takes some getting used to but it’s great for batoning. It just blows the chunks apart. Feather sticks well but takes some practice to get used to the convex. The knife you show are great but too small for me.

Bark river bravo 1.25 lt in cru wear is my do it all, medium duty knife, 5 inch blade but thinned out stock so it handles like a smaller blade, so it splits well, carves, skins, food prep, cru wear is stupid tough so the edge last forever and is unlikely to chip Id say say if you had to get one blade this would be it, handles ally bushcraft and hunting tasks, all camp tasks as well, its light and perfect for ultralight 1 day hikes

probably the best Bark river favourites review ever

The Bark River knife I would buy is the Bo Randall model.lol.

Because of this great video., I bought the ultralight bush craft from bark river. It was my first impressions of the company. I carry this knife every day. Can you suggest a large option for me to buy. ??

I received an ULB for Christmas. Love the knife but wish they still included the firesteel loop on the sheath. I guess it made too much sense on a Bushcraft knife.

Great video, question...where do you buy and sell you knives?

Thanks for the information! What handle is that on the Mini Bushcrafter? Great video, appreciate.

It’s a good video, I want an Aurora but don’t know if I should get the LT version because I have a Bravo 1 LT already. Decisions decisions lol.

I have the Bravo 1 in A2 and the Bushcrafter in 3V. Both are beautiful knives. I'd probably add an Aurora or Gunny if I had the money.

Say Heah, To each his own, one of my first and still one of my Fav's is my Bravo 1, I got it before the 3V era. Yup, it's in A2, but then I got a idea to make a 4Knife Set. So I got the Woodland Special, then the Bravo 2 and finally tge Golok, I still use this 4Knife Set, but I pick and choose. All my knives in this set are in A2 and all with the Ghost Green Jade G-10 handles. Then I got the Bravo 1 in 3V and then I got another one because I like it so much, I also got the Bravo 1.5 in 3V, and I'm working to get a set in 3V. Yeah, the Bravo 1 isn't as popular as it once was, but I love mine, Dilly, Dilly.,,.p

I want a compact forest knife can't find one anywhere😕 They are very good designed blades .

Which knife handle materials do you prefer for bark rivers?

Have you had a chance to try the Bushcrafter LT? I think it might change your mind about the Bushcrafter. It's .125 stock is great.

Hey great videos, are you selling an aurora lt? I have been wanting a Bark River for years but haven’t been able to get one at a decent price!

My favorite 3 Bark River knives are all in CPM 3V . They are.. Gunny Scandi.. Squad Leader .. Bravo 1.25 ..

Great video! Thanks for the recommendations. Do you have any thoughts on the Mini-Kephart?

for A2 resharpening in the field, normally stropping is enough? if not enough, using natural stones to resharpen it is enough?

Hi. The Northstar EDCs seem to be North Coutry EDCs. Am I correct?

Great video! I’ve been wanting to get a bravo edc, and I’m wondering what your opinion is is on whether to get it with or without thumb ramp? Would love to hear your opinion on yes/no and why. Thank you

Thank you for posting. Great review. I've got nine Barkies, and the ULB would be my number one preference, too.

What do you think about bravo 1 LT vs the ultralight bushcrafter for all-purpose camp knife, infrequent bushcraft, etc. assume I’ll have a hatchet or pack axe with me.

Hi there. Regarding your statement about A-2 steel being much harder than CPM 3V: I just wanted to say that no steel is inherently harder than any other steel. Some steels can potentially be hardened to a higher HRC (Hardness RoCkwell) -value than others, but in this case we are taking about two blades which are both at approximately 58RC. The reason that 3V is harder to sharpen than A-2 at the same HRC-value, is that the alloy in 3V is different than A-2, making 3V more wear-resistant and tougher than A-2. Your sharpening stone is simply wearing down the 3V slower. I just wanted to clarify. Best regards.

Cool

Great video. What do you think about the Aurora II?

I have repair a mini chip on my aurora 3v in 5 minutes , 3v is easy to resharp .

nice video, how long the blade of Ultralight Bushcrafter is?

No liners? How do you feel about liners?

Holy barkies!!!

Great video, I'm in between the Gunny and the Ultra light bushcrafter as my first BR. Any suggestions?

Is that ULB green canvas or matte green canvas?

What is the difference between the Minnie bushcraft vs the ultra lite bushcraft

Excellent review! Thank you for all the info! :). I'm interested in the bravo 1 LT. Have you tried that? I agree with you that the thicker stock of the Bravo 1 is more difficult to do finer tasks with.

must say, you love your Bark River. I just bought myself the Gunny. They do make a great knife.

Wow nice. My only bark river knife is a Bravo 1.25 lt 3v. It's still sharp but I have been hesitant to resharpen it on my wicked edge cause I don't want to change the grind on it. Just been stropping it. I believe bark river will sharpen it for free but I also feel thats kind of silly when I have a high end knife sharpener & I would have to send it in. Opinions?

How many the aurora cost in USA? in Mexico they are very expensive cause are very rare here

Good vid, but this is the first knife that after of year of trying to like it, I sold it. Not a fan, dulled way too easy, and tarnished really badly. I wouldn't buy Bark River again. Bought the Benchmade Bushcrafter after the Bravo, and ended up loving it.

You are the first one on KZfaq who uses the sheath for the bravo necker right! The rest don’t insert the handle at all, use just the magnet to hold the knife and won’t wonder why there is so much space in the sheath left....

I'm interested in a bark river for field dressing deer mainly which one would you recommend

Were did you get your fire steel for the ultra light bushcrafter I have 2

Great selection. But six …cking year is pas ever since. What would your choices be as bests today?

Is a2 steel any good?

Which one would you suggest to trim the wife’s bush?

Great videos brother! I just stumbled upon your channel last night and have already watched nearly all of your videos and subscribed. Ironically I was told I'm likely receiving a Bark River Aurora LT in polished green canvas micarta for Christmas, and this was before stumbling onto your channel. Lol! I really enjoy your videos because you clearly have quite a bit of knowledge and experience and are very logical and educated in the way you speak. Believe it or not, that's becoming harder and harder to find here on KZfaq! Most of these big KZfaq knife and gear reviewers are just morons. My only criticism is that you need to maybe invest in a mic. It's quite difficult to hear you in your videos and it necessitates having to turn the volume up to a VERY high level just to hear you talk. The bad part about that is that if I forget to turn the volume back down after your video ends and the next video auto-plays, it's libel to blow my head off! Haha! By the way, I would be very interested to see you do a sharpening video. I'm curious to know whether you use lubricant on your sharpening stones or if you sharpen dry. Just out of curiosity, I noticed you've mentioned in a few of your videos that you live right off the Appalachian Trail, however you don't sound as though you are in the southern portion of the United States by virtue of the fact that you don't have any type of an accent. What state are you from?

Would you still recommend the Aurora for bushcraft?

I have the highlander special an love it for an edc blade!

Cutting your sharpening time by two-thirds means that you’re dulling the blade two-thirds faster. I’ll take 3V, please.

56 jealous ;) Nice vid, thx !

Do you have any experience with the Bark River Manitou in cruwear?

nice video, thanks. I do recommend upgrading your audio please.

Would you like to sell your bravo edc?

Bravo 1 LT?

In my opinion. Knives aren't for bottoning wood. If you're going to chop through wood, use an axe. Whether it's camping or at home. Use an axe. As for survival, you must go prepared so that you have the proper tools for wood chopping. In a survival situation, you must strive to save the edge as much as possible.

Thanks for all the info on Bark River knives. You've got quite the investment there! 🔪One thing though, the volume was way too low.

Aurora in CPM 3v

Question I have is....if you buy such a small fixed blade, then why not just carry a good folder. I'm not putti g down the fixed blades..... I'm only asking

Says an aurora LT is “like a hatchet” hahaha

You can’t go wrong with bark river. Period. Fallkniven is king tho!

"larger knife...." - GUNNY 🤣🤦‍♂️

You should get a bark River puukko

Hey brother, so you know the BRK Bushcrafter knife. It has a skandivex grind. Now tell me how you TRULY sharpen a convex skandi grind. It is not possible. I'll stick to my flat Skandi. Tell me.differently that you can magically sharpen a convex skandi in CPM3v. No way you are sharpening it effectively.

Anyone everr comment about your sound level? Too low, gotta "dime" it.

Saya mau minta dong 🙏😀

Please, when you are showing items to us STOP bouncing the product up and down so we have have a chance to look the item over. Be nice to tell us the thickness of the blade and length. Thanks

All these videos are just so quiet!

It's like having a garage of 10 cars. First world problems.......

Fantastic collection.. I have few as well.. I love Bark River but Fallkniven is better🙏

Uh..... No respectable Bushcrafting blade should be over 4.5-4.75 in.

Batoning is SO overused. If you are spending so much time batoning, you need different tools other than knives.

DUDE, this is the 3rd video of yours that I've checked out, and they ALL have the same problem. FIX YOUR AUDIO!! It's too damn low. Remember, on THIS end we can always turn it DOWN, but we can't turn it up past a certain point.

If I’m going to baton I will use an ax . The owner of one of the company you are displaying Told me that he uses a folding knife in the field . So all of your talking is crap. You’re not Daniel Boon LOL Unbelievable.

lets see video u “skinning “ an animal.....

Just how many knives does one need ? Your ridiculous .

None of em. Overpriced junk