I own the Bravo-1 its an excellent knife and very capable for it's size.
Mine's a mess, daughter soaked it for a couple of hours in the sink (she thought it was stainless). Now it is pitted, I will be sending to Mike for a spa treatment
Females are always doing that. Even if they're stainless, who wants to grope around in a sink full of dishwater with a razor sharp blade at the bottom? I think I have finally trained my girls to leave the sharp knives up on the counter and I hand wash them. They are spoiled. When they visit relatives or friends they can never find a sharp knife in the house to cut anything. No problem here. I got one of the CPM154 Bravos, too. Doesn't rust, but it is hard to sharpen. I think I like A2 better for the money.
I like carbon steel and I also like a natural patina on them, the bravo was the only carbon blade I had that was nice and shiny.
My daughters are 20 and 19, the 19 year old was going to hand wash my hunting knives for me (I got back the day before) she got part way through and was called away and forgot about the knives. The others were washed and dried, the bravo was not. Of course the other knives where the stainless ones. I might try flitz on it before I send it to Mike
