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Once again, The Hunted. (On DVD this time)
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PlaceKnives
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No crap, where did you get the info?
I just got a bootleg of the movie, bad quality, but I froze the scenes with the knife, and it is beyond a shadow of a doubt an older Dave Beck model with the hollow ground edge.
Do you know the release date yet of the DVD?
Thanks.
I just got a bootleg of the movie, bad quality, but I froze the scenes with the knife, and it is beyond a shadow of a doubt an older Dave Beck model with the hollow ground edge.
Do you know the release date yet of the DVD?
Thanks.
I've got the actual DVD cover right in front of me. Yeah, the closeups of the knife can't be the TOPS version. But from what I've read, it was used in the movie.
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Thnaks a bunch.
I've captured every image of the knife from the DVD and Del Toro uses a Dave Beck Tracker, and black rubber copy during the fight scenes, when he leaves the girls house on the run he has 2 Ka-Bar next generations on him, one in the Tracker style sheath on the small of his back, the other in a left hand belt sheath. When he throws the small knife into the FBI agent's neck, it's a Dave Beck Companion. After he takes a swim down the rapids, both of his Ka-Bars are gone, and he forges the ol' leaf spring.
I like the other flashback scenes of Tommy Lee Jones forging the knife and Del Toro filing on it.
I've captured every image of the knife from the DVD and Del Toro uses a Dave Beck Tracker, and black rubber copy during the fight scenes, when he leaves the girls house on the run he has 2 Ka-Bar next generations on him, one in the Tracker style sheath on the small of his back, the other in a left hand belt sheath. When he throws the small knife into the FBI agent's neck, it's a Dave Beck Companion. After he takes a swim down the rapids, both of his Ka-Bars are gone, and he forges the ol' leaf spring.
I like the other flashback scenes of Tommy Lee Jones forging the knife and Del Toro filing on it.
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There is alot being publicized on the Tracker knife these days due to the movie but I believe that alot may "possibly" be misleading.
Yes the TRACKER which you clearly see used in "The Hunted" was manufactured by me & you can believe I'm telling the truth because of two things:
1. Tom Brown had mentioned I was the maker in a very conveniently
brief statement in Blade magazine. (of course no legal ass
protecting here)
2. If I was lying you would see me in court right now.
For many years my knife was called the TRACKER. In fact, I was the first one to use the "TRACKER" trademark stamping on my blades & owned the federally registered trademark "TRACKER" before Tom Brown acquired ownership rights.
Anyone stating that the TRACKER knife was used in the film is certainly correct but the "TRACKER" which was used was my model C version.
Now that Tom Brown has legal claim to exclusively use the trademark which was then used on my knife in the film and now has a similar knife, it certainly creates a great marketing opportunity doesn't it!
I know my TRACKER knife was used in the film but can't for all my efforts pick out any scenes where the TOPS Tracker was used, can anyone else?
I don't know about anyone else but there is one thing which does make me wonder and that is, if the TOPS Tracker was used in the film why were they not mentioned in the movie credits? I surely know why my contribution wasn't mentioned but if a knife is used in a major motion picture and you were good friends with the producer, don't you think they would get in those credits? This is big business folks and big money to be made here for those who can get their work in a film. Tom Browns' TOPS Tracker must have not been able to get in the credits for a good reason I expect. I know it makes me wonder, how about everyone else?
Isn't there anyone out there who finds all this disturbing, especially those who have purchased one of the Tracker knives by TOPS
and upon looking closely at all the movie closeups find that the one they see in the film looks nothing like the one which is advertised by TOPS as being used in the film?
I just wished to add a few facts & curious observations for those who are interested to duell on.
Yes the TRACKER which you clearly see used in "The Hunted" was manufactured by me & you can believe I'm telling the truth because of two things:
1. Tom Brown had mentioned I was the maker in a very conveniently
brief statement in Blade magazine. (of course no legal ass
protecting here)
2. If I was lying you would see me in court right now.
For many years my knife was called the TRACKER. In fact, I was the first one to use the "TRACKER" trademark stamping on my blades & owned the federally registered trademark "TRACKER" before Tom Brown acquired ownership rights.
Anyone stating that the TRACKER knife was used in the film is certainly correct but the "TRACKER" which was used was my model C version.
Now that Tom Brown has legal claim to exclusively use the trademark which was then used on my knife in the film and now has a similar knife, it certainly creates a great marketing opportunity doesn't it!
I know my TRACKER knife was used in the film but can't for all my efforts pick out any scenes where the TOPS Tracker was used, can anyone else?
I don't know about anyone else but there is one thing which does make me wonder and that is, if the TOPS Tracker was used in the film why were they not mentioned in the movie credits? I surely know why my contribution wasn't mentioned but if a knife is used in a major motion picture and you were good friends with the producer, don't you think they would get in those credits? This is big business folks and big money to be made here for those who can get their work in a film. Tom Browns' TOPS Tracker must have not been able to get in the credits for a good reason I expect. I know it makes me wonder, how about everyone else?
Isn't there anyone out there who finds all this disturbing, especially those who have purchased one of the Tracker knives by TOPS
and upon looking closely at all the movie closeups find that the one they see in the film looks nothing like the one which is advertised by TOPS as being used in the film?
I just wished to add a few facts & curious observations for those who are interested to duell on.
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Hi Dave,
There was no TOPS Tracker in that movie, period. Like I said, I froze every frame, and it's all yours. The brass handle fasteners, hollow ground chisel edge, high polish blue finish and smaller, neater sawteeth are proof. You can see in some scenes (like where the knife is stuck in the tree) it's a black plastic casting of your knife. You can tell because if you look closely, you can't see any handle fasteners, it's all smooth black. I'm assuming it's the same prop version used during the fight scenes and wherever they didn't want the original harmed.
Take care,
Jared Place
There was no TOPS Tracker in that movie, period. Like I said, I froze every frame, and it's all yours. The brass handle fasteners, hollow ground chisel edge, high polish blue finish and smaller, neater sawteeth are proof. You can see in some scenes (like where the knife is stuck in the tree) it's a black plastic casting of your knife. You can tell because if you look closely, you can't see any handle fasteners, it's all smooth black. I'm assuming it's the same prop version used during the fight scenes and wherever they didn't want the original harmed.
Take care,
Jared Place
Slight Movie Spoiler In my post so don't read if ya have not seen The Hunted !!!
You know I think in one of those Tom Brown Interviews (from Blade?) he states that the knife at the first part of the movie is made by his friend Dave Beck. Then the other one (TOPS) was used later in the film. If you saw the film you know he loses the knife when he gets arrested and escapes without getting it back. When he goes back for his stash at that girls house he gets some Ka-Bars and a possible other Dave Beck knife, then at the end makes his own out of an old Ford leaf spring. Well that leaves two options open to me. Either he is lying or in a cut scene later in the film Del Toro uses a TOPS Tracker knife.
On a side note are they just learning to make knives in training or is he supposed to be making the tracker he has as well?
You know I think in one of those Tom Brown Interviews (from Blade?) he states that the knife at the first part of the movie is made by his friend Dave Beck. Then the other one (TOPS) was used later in the film. If you saw the film you know he loses the knife when he gets arrested and escapes without getting it back. When he goes back for his stash at that girls house he gets some Ka-Bars and a possible other Dave Beck knife, then at the end makes his own out of an old Ford leaf spring. Well that leaves two options open to me. Either he is lying or in a cut scene later in the film Del Toro uses a TOPS Tracker knife.
On a side note are they just learning to make knives in training or is he supposed to be making the tracker he has as well?