When Mike Stewart told me that he had decided to make a modern incarnation of the Historic Searles Bowie, downsized into a hunter, I expected a very interesting knife.

He didn’t disappoint me. The Bark River Searles Hunter is a very cool knife.
Here are the specifics:
Overall Length: 9.5 Inches
Blade Length: 5 Inches
Blade Steel: 1080-C @ [...]

By Kevin Estella
Instructor Wilderness Learning Center

4″
It is the average size of a belt knife in most woodsman’s trios of tools. This of course comes from no scientific research or statistical analysis. This observation comes from years of working in the outdoors and witnessing what works and what doesn’t, what is popular and what isn’t [...]

Point First Batoning….
For use with a small knife.  Bark River Bravo Necker

Batoning down a tree with a larger knife.  Blackjack Model 125

An in-depth review of the Bark River Smoke Jumper during heavy field use.

Being a Knife Knut can be very much akin to being a student of history, especially if you are a bit inquisitive and observant.
Unless you’re willing to become a minion of the KOTM (Knife Of The Month) school, you realize that as one of man’s oldest tools, Knife Design Technology really reached it’s pinnacle [...]