Bark River Knives Grind-In | Ultimate Guide

The Bark River Knives Grind-In is an event that is hosted twice a year and allows Bark River Collectors to come and help build their own knives. At the Grind-In you can walk your knife through each step and help either hands-on, or make decisions to affect how your knife turns out.
I break down each step of the process in this video to help you know what the Bark River Knives Grind-In is, what to expect, and what you need to know before you go.
*The links may not be clickable while I'm getting my CZcams Verification
The Grind-In Shop Map: drive.google.com/file/d/1PM4f...
List of Handle Materials: barkriverknives.com/?page_id=...
Chapters:
00:00 What is the Grind In?
02:42 Picking Your Knife
09:26 Choosing Your Blank
11:20 Modifying
11:33 Choose Material
13:24 Cut Handle Material
14:32 Flatten Material
15:09 Glue Liner
16:24 Square Materials
16:48 Prep Blank
17:35 Drill Holes
20:45 Choose Pins
22:32 Shape Front of Handle
26:11 Prep Handle
27:24 Glue Knife
28:14 Clean Knife
29:03 Hafting and Grinding
32:02 Etch and Clean Knife
34:00 Social Hour

[@mick1turner]

Thank you for sharing your experience. I live in Australia but would definitely try to go there if i ever went to America.
One question, was it a big difference in price for different blanks, eg size and type of steel?

[@spectre-edc]

@mick1turner The price actually doesn't change based on blanks, steel, etc. So if you wanted a small little EDC knife in CPM154 or a bigger model in Magnacut, the price is the same.
It is just random what blanks they have. So if you ever get a chance to come over to the USA and go to the event, you have to just see what blanks they have when you show up.

[@lawrenceragnarok1186]

Did you see anybody utilizing a flat grind instead of a convex edge on any of their knives by chance? I've always thought a flat ground bark River option would be cool

[@spectre-edc]

Don't hold me to this, but I think someone did. I saw a flat grind Bark River but I'm not sure if they did that at the Grind-In or had someone else do it and just brought it along.