I'm moving this from my Knob Creek thread -- I don't think anyone looked at it since I posted last Thursday -- not that anyone needs to, but perhaps it was too off-topic for that thread:

While not Bussekin, I just received a couple Bark River Clax knives. They appear to have been mis-boxed as red linen Micarta handled, which in this case was a good thing, because they were actually maroon.

The first Clax I bought had maroon Micarta handles; I liked it a lot, enough that I asked if they could order another for me. Before it arrived, they had a sale, and a black Micarta Clax was priced about $50 less than the maroon I'd bought before, so I canceled that order and bought the black Clax instead. Monday night, their last two (both listed as red-handled) were clearance priced for just about $150 each after shipping, so even though I wasn't thrilled with the color, I couldn't resist. They just arrived and instead of looking like this (not my pictures; they're too nice):


They looked like this, which is what I really wanted:


They're a totally different type of knife than the Dog Father, and their handles are a bit wider than is optimal for me, but at 16-in OAL and 22-oz with a 10.5-in long, .275-in thick convex blade, they are serious choppers. I'm a little surprised that they didn't sell better, but I suppose they're not typical "Bark River" style, so weren't what their customer-base normally focus on, and with retail prices in the $250 range they needed support from that market.

how do we feel about the new 92?