thoughts on John Brown Tracker

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bennyjenkins

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I'm thinking about an Tom Brown Tracker and wondering if any one has any experience, good or bad with this knife. It's a little pricey and I'd like to hear some other opinions before I dive in. Thanks.
 
Is there some sort of on line tutorial explaining the benefits of this blade shape. I have looked at these knives quite a bit and they seem to be wildly popular but for the life of me I can't figure out how to use one, or what they are designed for. Chris
 
Runningboar, if you google the knife, you will be able to find the user's manual online, supposedly it's a very versitile knife, but I've never used one. I'm hoping someone here has and can give me some input.
 
Looks more like a klingon sidearm than a woods knife to me but I'm real picky...I guess it's a matter of taste. Also it depends on your def of a survival sit...for me it's busting an ankle while hiking, getting lost on a dayhike in unfamiliar country, or wrecking my kayak...I'm thinking in the areas I normally travel in it'd be 1day to 4 days maximum before I am rescued or find my own way out (situation dependent) for that amount of time I probably won't need to saw down a tree or assasinate any members of starfleet command (my inner dork comes out) but perhaps if my goal is to live off the grid (my back up plan if the wife aver leaves me) and live in a bush shelter and make my own arrows and such maybe that'd be a good choice..It seems to me a matter of your perspective and the types of situations that you put yourself in.
 
What this knife does, is a bunch of things bad, most saw back knifes dont work, they just notch. The blade desgin really isnt that useful, though some find a way to make it work. You would be better off to but a mora, and a folding saw, at fraction of the price, for a mayjor boost in performance.
 
RescueRiley said:
Looks more like a klingon sidearm than a woods knife to me but I'm real picky...I guess it's a matter of taste. Also it depends on your def of a survival sit...for me it's busting an ankle while hiking, getting lost on a dayhike in unfamiliar country, or wrecking my kayak...I'm thinking in the areas I normally travel in it'd be 1day to 4 days maximum before I am rescued or find my own way out (situation dependent) for that amount of time I probably won't need to saw down a tree or assasinate any members of starfleet command (my inner dork comes out) but perhaps if my goal is to live off the grid (my back up plan if the wife aver leaves me) and live in a bush shelter and make my own arrows and such maybe that'd be a good choice..It seems to me a matter of your perspective and the types of situations that you put yourself in.
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Every word you have said could have come from my own mouth, it seems we are both on exactly the same wave length.
I have even told the wife the same and said I will go into the mountains and live as a hermit !!!
I actually found a book review yesterday on a book called ' call of the wild ' ,no not the Jack London story,but a true account of a man that left the grid for a year to live in Alaska !!!
 
I've never used one, but from the pics and a skim through the manual I think I'd rather have a kukri at a fraction of the price. The tracker definitely violates the KISS rule.
 
The question I had to ask myself is why I would spend the major coin to buy a knife that isn't designed to do anything well. It's not a great machete, it's not an axe, its not a great saw, and it's not a great knife.

The movie however, is very good, especially if you like Tommy Lee Jones. :cool:
 
It does seem like a "jack-of-all-trades, master of none" blade. Although I too enjoyed the movie.
 
and another thing that fries my onions...Doesn't it seem like tops knives are a bit over priced??? I don't own one so I shouldn't cast stones but are they really that super duper???
 
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