ok time for a tom brown tracker review.

[Protactical]

I looked at the manual on the tracker trail site, and it is pretty clear he doesn't understand woodworking. You can call it a survival knife, but basically 90% of the stuff is woodwork. But then he has worked with thousands of students who didn't know what woodworking was either, so one basic point is that for a knife like this to be very good, it needs to be matched to it's audience. It might be very good at that. But for me, I'm 25 years into very serious woodworking and toolmaking so maybe I want a different knife.

I also feel the bush bowie might be a better idea, but I feel the comparison on the basis of cutting power alone isn't fair. The Tracker appears to be like a tool kit. TB doesn't appear to have asked himself what the best knife for WS was, but moreso what are the first 10 things that need doing in a survival situation. Then he designs a multitool to manufacture those things.

On the other hand, the design seems to have passed through a number of hands, and it may reflect the usual results of commitee work.

 

[shotgunner11]

It's really a matter of personal opinion. the WSK type knives might work wonderful for some but not for others. I have tried about a dozen knives for outdoor tasks, some were hyped to high heaven and didn't work for me at all.

Some people love kukris for everything from chopping wood to flipping pancakes, some dont.

Personally, I'm with Cliff on the knife he linked too on blgoodes website. It appears to be a similar shape as the Ricky Fowler that is one of my all time favs. Thats the knife that made me fall in love with the look of weathered carbon steel.

I never really liked the WSK style, I've also never handled one but I can see myself butchering that blade with a sharpening stone, too complex for me. I like to pack a folding saw with me when I hike anyway, so that feature is moot to me. I know I may not have my pack with me in a survival situation, but I'll take my chances with my Becker Brute.