Geeze... Mike makes valid points about how some knives are designed to withstand that kind of abuse, which doesn't neccessarily make them "better knives." I have Scrappers and Rangers because I want a knife that will take gross abuse - for no legitimate reason really, other than chopping and prying (well I guess those are legitimate uses to me). I have a ton of Ontario Rats, which are more in line with Bark River's intended uses - edge holding and reasonably tough... and I love them. I do plan on gettting a Barkie some day too - probably more than one.
Its unfortunate that some people think that the only important quality of a knife is that it be indestructible.
It is also unfortunate that some people are grossly offended by the fact that someone wants to destroy knives with their own time and money just because they enjoy it, and because others enjoy watching the destruction.
yeah. i kinda used to be that way, like a knife had to be indestructible to be good. but i kind of thought a little about what mike said. and realize there more to it than that. i want a rat and a bark river now.
and the people at RAT are some of the coolest people ever.
