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Comment by Charlie Smith on January 30, 2014 at 11:33

Thanks for the info. BTW, my mud mutt is on the way! Thanks. Found this field sharpening kit for Bark River knives Complete Sharpening Kit for Field or Home w/ S3 Dry Box - Black' on Knives Ship Free. I'm waiting for warm weather to field test my new knives. It 9-30 degrees. I'm too old to play in the ice and snow.

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on January 30, 2014 at 11:11

By the way, Charlie, if you do or want to do some whittling, I think the grit pastes/leather strop method of sharpening the blades is recommended.  The whittlers here on iKC would know best, I'm what you would call a rag ass whittler (old steel mill term for the unskilled). A wood block and grit paste came with my Carvin Jack.  I'm guessing that carving knives need a convex edge.

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on January 30, 2014 at 10:51

Charlie,

Here is a pretty good video, and the guy is sharpening a Bark River knife!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQCkKPGSOtA

You can buy or DIY a honing block like this guy is using (a 2-sided leather hone for the grit pastes) if you have a country fabric store near you.  I used to live right next to the Amish area in Lancaster County, PA (it's about an hour drive now), and I just wandered into an independent fabric store (haven't tried JoAnn fabric stores), and found that they sold odd lots of leather - really thick stuff that looked like shoe sole leather down to thin split leather.  And, it was inexpensive for a relatively large piece. Cut it to the size you want and glue it to a piece of 1 X 3 or scrap piece of plywood.

Comment by Charlie Smith on January 30, 2014 at 5:57

Ok Obi 'wan Kenobi, please educate this poor soul about sharpening Bark River knives. Thanks

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on January 29, 2014 at 15:07

Charlie,

Hahahahaha.  Bark River knives are tough to resist.  Of course, you have to buy all the various grit pastes to sharpen em, unless you use sandpaper.  My Bark River Bravo 1 stays in my hunting bag (for flesh only) so I haven't had to sharpen it.  I am used to "regular" grind knife sharpening so it will take some practice to pull the knife backwards.

Comment by Charlie Smith on January 29, 2014 at 14:17

You evil man. I went to the site, and I was struck with the NEED. It's all your fault.

Thanks for the info. I bought the little one, pocket sized he said.

Bark River Knives Little Creek Black Canvas A2 Tool Steel Micarta NIB

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on January 21, 2014 at 12:44

Charlie,

Thanks for the Scrapyard Knives link.  The Mud Mutt seems to be a reasonably priced hunk of SR101/52100 steel.  I don't have a knife in SR101, and I'll thank you not to tempt me further as I am behind on Canoe and Butterbean collecting due to buying fixed-blades in other steels that I didn't have; hahahaha. 

Say, I know that the Gough knife has a long wait, but as I recall, my Bark River Bravo 1 is A2 steel (Same as Gough "Resolute"), without the wait.  Blade shape is different though, and the Bark River is a convex grind.

Comment by Charlie Smith on January 21, 2014 at 9:49

Harold. I got it! the divot in the handle is for holding the top of stick for bow stating a fire. I feel so foolish. Thanks for guiding me.

Comment by Charlie Smith on January 21, 2014 at 9:17

I'm gonna test-drive Red Hills Custom Kydex sheath. I plan to throw him a very old but virginal Entrek force recon. Lets see how it comes out.

http://www.redhillsheaths.com/index.html

Comment by Charlie Smith on January 21, 2014 at 9:11

Ran across a neat fixed blade site. http://www.scrapyardknives.com/

Ordered a Mud Mutt and am waiting for "fulfillment." Check the site out.

Great verbage.

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