Bark River Knife and Tool: IMP
I got this chunker in a couple days ago and I have been playing around with it and using it as a primary EDC. Let me tell you, this is a stout, heavy knife.

The handle is Woodland/Highland styled and it fills the hand nicely for being such a small "looking" knife. It offers a huge amount of gripping power and excellent control for any task. For those of you who own the Mini Canadian and Woodland Special, this is an ideal compromise between the 2. All of the power in the Woodland, and all of the compactness of the Mini Canadian.

I used my KSF pocket sheath for the past couple days to carry the IMP and, IMO, the IMP thus far is the PERFECT blade to carry in the sheath. Smaller than the Woodland in length, yet not as loose fitting as, say, a Blackwater Boot knife. Even with a larger handle width, I have no problem with discomfort sitting in a chair with it in my back pocket.


The notching ability is excellent as well. It cuts deep with little effort and voids a chip impressively. You can literally HEAR it chomp and click its way into wood when cutting cross grain as it pops the notch out from the wooden stick. The thickness of the blade makes it very easy on your thumb to push cut with and the large handle makes extended use very comfortable as well. I also like the fact that, being such a small blade, you have no choice but to be offered excellent edge control as you are already automatically choked up on the knife edge. I wouldn't even hesitate to baton with this knife either.
