All About Pocket Knives

Here's the Bark River Boot Knife II and the Sandstorm.

Your boot knife has the looks of a D'Holder knife.

Thanks alot, gmusic! I've been trying my best to keep Bark Rivers out of my head...then you post those pretty pictures and get the image of that Fox River I like back in my brain. Except now its joined by a Boot Knife.

Thanks. Sheesh.

Oops, my apologies John..................................


I could only wish it were a D knife! Thanks Ken!

Hey gmusic
Them bark Rivers are dandies !!!
Ain't never hear a single complaint about em
and know 2 guys that use em deer huntin &
general carry in the woods
They use em, they are both deer slayin varmits
Will

Thanks stagman.

I use an Oregon Trail around camp, it's a great knife!

WOW! Somebody likes Bark River Knives.

nice collection there 97. and to the site.

thanks , i was drawn in here because im just now getting into slip joints. i just started and have 6 case and 1 each of henckels and hen & rooster.

Wow what a collection of Bark Rivers Welcome to AAPK and thanks for sharing those beauty's with us...

Sunburst

97gun those are wonuderful fantastic Bark River Knives..

Why do I get the feeling you have more...

You said "1 each of henckels and hen & rooster." We are going to see them soon ?

the henckels and rooster are en route, i have 4 case knives right now but they really don't get my juices flowing like barkies for some reason.

Beautiful Barkies! I am a HUGE BRKT fan. They really get my motor running as well.

Thanks for sharing and good luck on your new pocket knive adventure.

heres 2 more i just snagged last night

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... Y.m238.lVI

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... Y.m238.lVI

im pretty happy with both of them. the highland put me back $86.81 the cost of a current production highland and the socom set me back $134.89. you really can't touch a socom for that price, the other one i have was $170 and this one is a classic.

That SOCOM at that price is a GREAT deal. Congratulations on that one

Hey 97!

Dude, you got it bad.....................................bit by the BRs! I have reason to believe Derrick (knivesshipfree.com) just got in a Bootknife II in, in Stag.

Great picture, and a great collection of Barks.......................

thanks guys, im from the school of gun collecting and the one thing that ive learned is that when there is a deal hangin out there you have to jump on it and worry about the consequenses later because that deal my not present itself again.

I stumbled onto this thread Gary started and Wham! Just like that one of these Barkies shows up in the mail! I think it happened somewhere about 97guns post

I've wanted a Bark River w/Green Canvas Micarta for a long time. This is my first B-R and I bought it as a user just to see what it's all about. Man, It's got a beefy convex grind! Looking forward to working with it. Didn't know it had the FPR etch until I unwrapped it.
We'll see how long it stays there.

I think BRK are great so far! I recieved my first from a fellow AAPK member. A green Micarta handle "SOCOM". Latlely its been pulling kitchen duty and still holding a REALLY sharp edge. I'm a BARKIE fan now

I remember my first Barkie...for some crazy idea I tried cutting one of those 1/4 inch catalogs--whoosh...right through...so I put two together....whoosh. I was really impressed.

I was so impressed, I bought 500 more.

Yup, good quality stuff. And Derrick has a great selection too! i just wish the tangs were STAMPED with the brand name instead of etched on.

I talked to Mike Stewart (designer and owner) about that. He doesn't stamp because he doesn't want to weaken the knife at that point. It made sense--especially since his goal is to make high end user knives.

I think a tang stamp would be nice because it would be there forever, where as the etch can fade with use and also can be buffed off.

okbohn wrote:I talked to Mike Stewart (designer and owner) about that. He doesn't stamp because he doesn't want to weaken the knife at that point. It made sense--especially since his goal is to make high end user knives.

I think a tang stamp would be nice because it would be there forever, where as the etch can fade with use and also can be buffed off.

The black etch that is put on uses AC current and can be buffed off. You can use DC current to deep etch, You can easily etch from .003 to .010 inches using a stencil and DC current with an electrolyte. What I do is to deep etch with DC current to about .004 or .005 inches then use AC current to make the deep etch black.

To remove a deep etch that is black would ruin the knife. You would have to grind it off. I have not heard of any issues with electrical marking that would cause any weakness.

Ok, now I'm confused. AC etch can be buffed off, DC has to be ground off? So, are the Bark Rivers AC'd or DC'd?