Store Hours Monday through Saturday 1:00pm to 5:00pm Central Time Closed Sunday Other hours by appointment or happenstance.
Phone Orders Monday through Sunday 10:00am to 7:00pm Central Time (If I’m around) 906 875-6411
Please call ahead if you are coming from out of town. A couple days each week, I plan to go skiing in the morning and hope to be back by 1:00pm. Other days I'll be open at 10:00am.
Bark River Knives Escanaba, Michigan
The Bark River Knife & Tool Company is a family-owned business located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Their goal is to produce the finest semi-production cutting tools available on the market. Bark River knives
are aimed for use by those who need real performance in the field.
They use a blend of traditional and contemporary designs and styles. Manufacturing
methods are also a blend of modern and traditional to gain needed tolerances while maintaining the
subtle features that have produced exemplary cutting implements for centuries.
Bark River Knife and Tool employs A-2 steel in most if its knives. A-2 differs from other
high carbon steels because of the addition of significant amounts of chromium and molybdenum. A-2 has
a favorable reputation among woodworkers for its superior edge holding properties. Owner, Mike Stewart,
has found over his many years making knives that this steel offers the best in edge-holding and ease of
sharpening qualities using their proprietary heat treatment, and convex blade grinds. The heat treat
applied to a Bark River knife is complex and time-consuming, involving two different metallurgical companies.
Your Bark River knife is guaranteed against manufacturing defects for life.
If you have any problem with it, just return it to Bark River Knife & Tool Co. and they will repair or replace it.