Bravo1.25 & Ambush Alpha in the field

Bravo cannot be defeated easily.

[@spngckinc]

You're like the Bob Ross of the outdoors, I love these videos. Thank you for making them.

[@danzigrulze5211]

I just got my first Bark River and it is the Bravo 1.25 with stag handles and I was putting it through some Spanish oak, and some cypress, it performed awesome. Love your videos I have been watching for years.

[@armandcouture4655]

I am waiting for my first Bark River to arrive. Also a Bravo 1.25 LT. I got it in the polished green micarta (no ramp) Went with it over the Bravo 1 partly due to a different video from this guy comparing baton performance.

[@TheTraumaFactor]

I love these wilderness videos you make, I could watch them all day.

[@ssunfish]

YES, my best to watch!

[@DutchBushcraftKnives]

Do you ever go fishing in the winter? I heard a lot of Japanese people like to fish for Japanese smelts in winter. They are small but look very tasty.

[@virtuovice]

+Dutch Bushcraft Knives Some people are doing that on the ice of the pond near my house. It looks very cold and I have never tried it. Thanks.

[@grantfishing237]

You two should fly to Japan and make a video with Yako.. 😬

[@DutchBushcraftKnives]

I would love to haha. I'd prefer a deer eating video. all those deer dishes always make me very hungry. I'd love to taste Japanese style deer dish. I do plan on visiting Japan someday but it's pretty pricey to fly there from Europe.

[@cbond99]

You are a true inspiration. Beautiful nature and you are such a great teacher. Your knife reviews are honest and to the point. Thank you!

[@chrisguthrie5008]

Very informative and also great job of capturing the experience. Please keep up the good work!

[@stevenparsons4464]

Who would have thought of a Bark River sashimi knife! The Bravo 1.5 for field craft was not a surprise for me. The Ambush Alpha handle has not lived up to its promise before, in other videos. It is also very good to see you using the Blackjack too. Oh yes. There were two cars parked by the road. Will not others in your family not ride in the hunting car still? I am going to get a fire box for my back yard bush craft.

[@jayb5546]

Awesome video! Please continue making these fishing and lunch videos, They are so relaxing.

[@quint150]

THanks for doing an English video. missed you man.

[@pereriksson7160]

Great video! Looks like the trouts we have in our small streams in Northern Sweden. Ours is a bit darker. Very good eating. Looking forward to your next video.

[@ssunfish]

My favorite videos are in nature. This was very enjoyable. The fish looked excellent. I enjoy to see outdoors video and dream of my chance to be there too.

[@PH020]

your adventures are always enjoyable to watch, i get hungry every time you catch and cook fish on the river like this, i love it thank you for the cool content

[@cloudsrain8753]

Hi Doc. Wonderful time you had there, and well prepared. In English we would say the second fish you got had a firmer texture to the meat and the first fish meat was of a softer texture. As for trout, the little ones like you got and ate are the tastiest for sure. Fried in a pan are great as well. Longtime no see, Arrigato my friend.

[@virtuovice]

Clouds Rain "a firm texture" was the word I needed. Thank you!

[@SantiagoMenendez]

Your videos always bring a smile to my face. Thank you for sharing! From a knife person to another.

[@smokecrackhailsatan]

Glad to see you back! Hope your summer is going well.

[@snydrman]

Awesome video Wako! Love watching your outdoor adventure's

[@snaponjohn100]

As always, a very enjoyable video, Wako my friend. I love your outdoor videos very much. Be blessed my friend. John

[@timphillips9874]

Mr. Mako, good to see you are having a fruitful summer. Keep up the good work. I really enjoy your channel. It is very informative and fun. From Arizona.

[@THEFRESHMAN1980]

This was my first time watching one of your videos. I appreciate it. Thank you!! Keep it up sir!

[@KillingerUSA]

I need to learn more about sushi. I want to be able to do this. Love your outdoor videos! Especially the fishing ones with meals! Keep them coming!

[@mityjoeyoung8855]

Tastiest or in other words " flavorful ". I just purchased a bravo 1.25. I do not like the ambush knife that much so I will not buy one. But I must have the bravo 1.25. Love the videos & keep on loving nature.

[@Lone58]

Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Thank you

[@darthnopants4807]

I love your videos! They're always very informative. Please keep making them.

[@texasoutdoors9710]

I love your outdoor videos like this one. Keep up the great work.

[@BushCampingTools]

So reminds me of when I lived in Japan and went fishing too in the mountains Great stuff!.

[@fishermanklaus4809]

Best you tube channel ever.

[@victornekrasov1510]

I've missed your videos in english Dr. Waco and enjoyed this one very much. Thank you.

[@rafalotreba6824]

And I have enjoyed watching you video, Sir.

[@mrbizarro1120]

love them videos, favoriate channel so far keep up the good work

[@iliveoutside]

Loved this video, you are living the good life! I was considering the Ambush Alpha, but now I think I will hold out for the Bravo 1.25 3V.

[@wtalex378]

Thank you for bringing us along. Very enjoyable!!

[@charlesmurphy7712]

Thank you for bringing us along and inviting us to share in your experiences. Much appreciation of your messages and knife comparisons. I also enjoy wild edible plants and sashimi. Favorite is uni. I love uni. What do you do to prepare for hunting season it is coming up soon here about 3 months. We in Georgia are starting to feel the buck fever lol. Thank you . bye bye ;-)

[@virtuovice]

Charles Murphy I am starting to adjust powders and rifle scopes. Thanks.

[@joexg50]

Very very good video, keep up the great videos!!

[@tudorfanman2620]

I just love your videos, best wishes from England.

[@BushCampingTools]

Love those custom knife grinds of yours. Great video!

[@austinjk24]

Ahh the good old days… river side lunch is the best !

[@jimbo92107]

VV is the coolest outdoorsman on the net!

[@34ofaninchofbrain80]

i really like your videos. thanks

[@vilhamdutch2962]

Love bark river! Awesome stuff

[@algreen1]

Great video. You seem way more happy and upbeat, it's nice to see & hear :)

[@aHigherPower]

Great video Mr. Virtuovice. I would love to listen to your biography video. Japan has such a beautiful history, landscape and culture. God Bless from the US. Thumbs up!

[@grantfishing237]

Expect for the Rape of Nanking of course...

[@carsonmccallum4937]

Looks like a great time. Awesome job with the trout.

[@johns311]

Another great vid Thanks for sharing.

[@nachogroucho]

Hard to beat bark river but someone's always trying. Love the videos keep it up.

[@mityjoeyoung8855]

Another word for soft is tender or in other words melts in your mouth.

[@vilhamdutch2962]

He just made fly fishing in that shallow river look easy!

[@mityjoeyoung8855]

I also bought the fire box nano In titanium. We have much bigger trout in upstate New York. If you are ever in my neck of the woods I'll take you anytime. You'd love the Adirondacks.

[@Broken-Nation]

American oranges, American knives, American audience, can't get better than that doc.

[@xenoptryx]

Hahahaha.....great video! Looks like you had a good time. I've been following you so with this vid it seems I know you. I lived in Japan for a while back in the late seventies and early eighties. I still miss your country.

[@robertbergstrom7029]

This may be my favorite video yet. You have such great knives. The fish look small. A lot more meat on a back strap. Thanks.

[@greeksandromans]

The camp meal you prepared looks tastier than the last 10 dinners I've had in the city. Well done.

[@pascalstolz2901]

Nice cooking man! And again a very good vid! Greetings from germany.

[@2manysigns]

I will now try Japanese idea for lighting my Firebox . Both Bark Rivers are very beautiful examples .

[@herrtols]

You have a knife collection that would make my brother jealous. Very informative video.

[@ESJ69]

thanks for sharing your experience. I enjoyed the video a lot.

[@mariorossiexcite]

This is the duel between a good and an excellent knife. Anyway you are a great toishi!

[@yakoobjunior9631]

Excellent video

[@matthewdroz5613]

Love your videos wako

[@davidekis6434]

Love your videos!!

[@diegoerrecalde5652]

Hello virtuovice, sorry but l think that the fishing knife does not cat very much does it?. Regards from Argentina

[@mbutryn]

Excellent video, thank you sir !!!

[@dr.figvideos3303]

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@toddbertram9279]

Hey Doc just a quick question and sorry if it has been asked before. Why do you not use tenkara rod for this size of stream fishing ? I thought tenkara fishing was a big thing in Japan. Thanks

[@virtuovice]

Todd Bertram Tenkara has an origin in Japan. But now it is difficult to get a Tenkara set even here. Western fly fishing is very popular now. Thanks.

[@yloiron]

Thank you nature, awesome ending.

[@THCBLADEWORKS]

great video sir

[@Logjam5]

Good idea Wako to put the fire box on top of the fire and leave the tray out, I never thought of that. Autumn is around the corner, are you going to rely on the .270 and .308 or will you invest in a larger caliber rifle. Alan

[@virtuovice]

Logjam5 I got Sauer 101 Forest in a 20 inch medium thick barrel to deliver 165 grain bullets accurately. Thanks.

[@Logjam5]

virtuovice Hi Wako, nice to hear from you, regards from Alberta, Ca.

[@bambam9376]

Great Video. Greetings from Germany.

[@Cigarjokester]

U are very awesome sir

[@nobodxy]

great video as always, great demonstration of the knives. i wonder why you carry a needleholding device around your neck. is this for first aid reasons?

[@virtuovice]

nobodxy I carry it in case I need to remove a triple lure hook from a trout's mouth. Recently I don't do lure fishing in a big river but only fly fishing in a small stream. Thanks.

[@daryooshfatemi]

Already sent this video to my brother. Maybe he likes your world as I do.

[@tecnotrog1]

Great video love your vids

[@randallkelley3599]

How far from home is the river? And why no veggies like in the past, when you cut them fresh and ate them for lunch. I made my children watch that video so they would help me pick beans from our garden. Really like your fishing vids!!!

[@virtuovice]

Randall Kelley 250km far from home. Edible wild plants are mainly available in spring. Thanks.

[@ericcouture1728]

Nice vid! ty! liked the way you ignited your FBox!

[@GetMeThere1]

If you like more of a drop point configuration, why not just buy the Aurora (or the Aurora II, if you need something similar in lenght to the Bravo 1.25)?

[@sallykoch3681]

Is that smaller bark river that you used for your sashimi a little creek? What is that small bark river knife?

[@1mataleo1]

It’s called the “Bird and Trout”

[@EternalRecursion]

Wako-san, on the Bravo 1.25 did you grind the drop point, or did you special order it that way? Another great video!

[@virtuovice]

EternalRecursion I did it myself using a belt sander. The original belt sheath for Bravo1.25 is the same as the one for Bravo1. So the knife tip was to touch the rivets of the sheath tip. So I decided to do it. Thanks.

[@juudjedegoede]

Hello doc, nice vid. Did you get your car fixed? I thought it was replaced, last year.

[@sorinoutdoors5418]

Great video, love your reviews. What sheath are you using for the Bravo 1.25 in this video? It seems it fits better that the sheath that BR is selling for this knife. Thanks!

[@virtuovice]

+Greyling MI I love that Bravo Dress sheath from DLT very much. EEP is recommended. www.dlttrading.com/bark-river-bravo-1-1-5-dress-sheath

[@paulie4x1]

Say Heah, Professor, If, I didn't get my second INFI RatManDu, which I consider myself very lucky to have just one, But by luck I have two. But if I didn't buy my RatManDu I prolly would try that Ambush Alpha, I wonder when they come up with the Omega heh heh heh, but seriously, I do like my Bravo 1.5, it's a awesome knife, Thank You.

[@46億年地球]

見始めて即分かりました。海外進出ですね‼️

[@101N]

Glad your back:)

[@dnasplice]

Always enjoy your vids! Thanks. Any plans on reviewing the new cold steel 3V Master Hunter?

[@wasatchdan]

Love this video. It's like a little mini-vacation on the computer. Thanks for sharing this with us, Wako. By the way, what is the knife with the double guard you used to shape the fish spits? Is that a Blackjack?

[@leolldankology]

+1

[@virtuovice]

***** Yes. That is BrackJack Border Patrol knife modified short to 6 inches. I love it very much. Thanks.

[@nightshade427]

Very nice

[@paulie4x1]

Say Heah Progessor, Yeah I can't wait for the Bravo 2.5 in 3V and that new chopper in A-2, , ,

[@jpc27210]

Would like info on the style of boots you wear and a sharpening setup

[@johnwillis5375]

Did you ever get that .338 Winchester rifle for bear hunting??

[@virtuovice]

John Willis No. I gave up magnums. I got 30-06 instead.

[@inthemwoods523]

Wako-san, I am curios about the thickness of the Bravo 1.25 handle. I also have 9 cm hands. Do you feel the grip is too wide on bravo 1.25, or that it may be too wide with spacers?

[@virtuovice]

Micarta is normally thick enough for Bravo knives without liners while Wood needs liners for strong fist holding. The handle thickness is a little different piece by piece anyway because it is hand finished. Thanks.

[@inthemwoods523]

Thank you!

[@stormpark7324]

So I need to know what's best fox river or gunny hunter or classic drop point. If you only had one knife ever

[@virtuovice]

Those you mention are all hunting knives. From Bark River, Fox River 3V in regular thickness in a wood handle is by far the best hunting knife and rampless Bravo1 3V in regular thickness in a micarta handle is by far the best bushcraft/survival knife in my experience. Hunting knives and Bushcraft knives don't cross over in my opinion. Thanks.

[@victorinoxlove]

18:23 what knife is that? is verry beautifull. thanx

[@virtuovice]

+Alin Musat That knife is Bark River Bird & Trout in curly maple. Thanks.

[@kdssi648]

Where are you? Which Forrest?

[@123negrodamus]

where can i get a fire box like yours?

[@robertbergstrom7029]

OGChink O amazon.com is where I got mine.

[@RoyFernbach]

@virtuovice Your videos are great however since you change the grind on almost all of your knives, it makes it impossible to see if a knife is worth buying and using from the factory. If I have to change the grind on a knife before I can use it, then I really dont want to buy it, I would rather find something that works out of the box.

[@HazyIPA15]

cheers!

[@mrjodoe]

24:03 dear virtuovice if you have a closer look and you can see a slit in the part you put fish in (blank aluminium pot). Take the end of the handle from the green pot, stick it through the little slit and you can hold both devices very easy with one hand. like this: www47.zippyshare.com/v/2UP2QIP6/file.html

[@protoyz7405]

do you often stay overnight in the woods or for multiple days?

[@virtuovice]

pro Toyz No. I don't camp recently because I got easy to be tired because of my age. But still I am okay with a day fishing and hunting. Japan is a small mountain country and we can enjoy fishing and hunting in a day. Thanks.

[@かずのり-x5e]

How to hold chopsticks...

[@adamd7956]

Hi, if you had to pick either the Bravo 1.25 or the Bravo 1.5 which would you pick? Thanks

[@virtuovice]

Brabo 1.25 because its blade length seems almost the maximum as a useful cutting tool. Bravo 1.5 feels like a chopping and batoning tool in the hand. Thanks.

[@adamd7956]

Good point. And Between the Bravo 1.25 and Bravo 1.25 LT, which do you like more?

[@virtuovice]

For wood splitting the regular 5.5mm thick Barvo 1.25 seems substantially more powerful and efficient than the 4mm thick LT. The Bravo 1.25 has a 5 inch blade and its target logs are thicker than those of the regular Bravo1. So I love the Bravo1 LT whose 4.0mm thickness is just right for its target relatively thin logs. In short the regular Bravo 1 is a little too thick and the Bravo 1.25 LT is a little too thin I suppose. Thanks.

[@irvinangon8944]

Sometimes videos dont need a whole lot of details to be enjoyed.

[@emailrasco]

I handled an Ambush Alpha and I thought it was not as good as my Survive! GSO 4.1. There's just something weird about it... They are built by Bark River tho

[@virtuovice]

Rasco I think Ambush Alpha is weird too. Ambush Brute is good. They have the same handle to the different length blades. Thanks.