any love for the tom brown tracker

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Sig_Op

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ive always wanted one and i can see uses/disadvantages

toughts please not just negative
 
The knife is too complicated to be of much practical use to anyone. No matter what you try, a simpler knife would do it better and more efficiently, and at a lower cost and weight. For that matter, a standard SAK offers about the same length of continous cutting edge, and can be had with a much better saw blade.

n2s
 
not2sharp said:
The knife is too complicated to be of much practical use to anyone. No matter what you try, a simpler knife would do it better and more efficiently, and at a lower cost and weight. For that matter, a standard SAK offers about the same length of continous cutting edge, and can be had with a much better saw blade.

n2s
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You are correct sir. Unfortunately the OP doesn't want to hear it. :D
 
singularity35 said:
You are correct sir. Unfortunately the OP doesn't want to hear it. :D
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thanks for putting words in my mouth even if they are not true, i tend to agree that it is very complicated, but from people that actually give the knife a good try, and a little regrind ive heard some other things was just wondering some others take
 
Sig_Op said:
ive always wanted one and i can see uses/disadvantages

toughts please not just negative
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Sig_Op said:
thanks for putting words in my mouth even if they are not true, i tend to agree that it is very complicated, but from people that actually give the knife a good try, and a little regrind ive heard some other things was just wondering some others take
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Just wondering what the bolded part means then...
 
I personally havent tried one so my opinions are just that, opinions. now the knife has an interesting design, but anything that is designed to do everything, wont do a fine thing. IE it does everything mediocre vs others which excel at some points and fall at others. I think it's all in how you train with your equipment and what your personal preferences are.

Take myself for example. when I go blade heavy in the woods I have a 19" OAL kukri with a small M2 custom. a Cold Steel Master Hunter in Carbon V and a Mora 612 on my pack. there is a lot of overlapping in duties but I find this system works for me if a but overly complicated
 
The knife seems a little too gimmicky for my liking. The saw, the various cutting edges, etc. total overkill. I'd much rather have a Busse and a Becker and a nice folder to get me through the wilderness adventures.
 
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I thought they looked cool bro but I'm pretty sure the don't travel through the air the way it's depicted being thrown in the movies. For the cheddar you'd pay you could get a bad ass custom off the forum. If I had an unlimited bank account I'd get one but I'd also own horses and I have no idea how to ride.
 
Sig_Op said:
thanks for putting words in my mouth even if they are not true, i tend to agree that it is very complicated, but from people that actually give the knife a good try, and a little regrind ive heard some other things was just wondering some others take
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Why try something so obviously ridiculously designed? I hear you can drive a nail up your nostril without harm, but I'm not going to try.
 
marcinek said:
Gimmicky nonsense.

And if people's opinions are all negative...that's the way it goes.
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Allright, I will say something positive about it. Dave Beck, who made the original Tracker knife for Tom Brown is a very good custom knifemaker. His version of the knife was of very good quality; and, although he also made many far more practical knives (His pathfinder was a much better design), his version of this thing would still be worth owning.

n2s
 
marcinek said:
Why try something so obviously ridiculously designed? I hear you can drive a nail up your nostril without harm, but I'm not going to try.
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How do you think I pay for this hobby anyhow?

(it's a spoon from Dennys around 2am)
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singularity35 said:
Just wondering what the bolded part means then...

Posting twice seem to be thing?
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It means he wants to hear others takes are on the knife "just not" ONLY negative. Which means he doesn't want this thread to be all negative IN TONE.

Negative means more than just "to take away" - a negative comment about the knife can be constructive. I think what he wants to say is "let's keep it constructive I will take the good with the bad -just don't bash".

If you would keep in mind that you aren't a native english speaker (US English) you'd be better off, the OP is not using perfect grammar but I understand exactly what he means to say.

I've noticed you sniping at members here.
You think that bcz you're in the Phillippines you can just act the wiseguy and it's all good right?

That game will get old bub.
 
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