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I became fascinated with the tracker movie knife several years ago and have made several versions of my own design. I watched a couple of YouTube video reviews of the TOPS version of the Tracker and incorporated some improvements cited by the reviewers. First 3/16 inch thick 1095 (TOPS uses 1/4") is selected to provide a strong blade that has both good chopping and cutting while keeping the knife light enough to actually carry. Next, several of the reviewers complained that the location of the transition along the edge fell on the chopping sweet spot and reduced the effectiveness to chop. So I moved this transition forward away from the sweet spot and also got rid of the little step along the edge while retaining a strong convex ground point. The saw back was incorporated into the first few of these I made which really isn't a saw (TOPS isn't either) but a notching tool. On this one I've removed the saw back for two basic reasons. This knife is also intended to be used as draw and push knife however the amount of pressure that can be used when pulling on the saw back area of the spine with a bare hand is very limited. An additional function is splitting wood using the baton method but the saw back makes this inefficient and tears up the baton. The sheath I made for this knife allows for either a scout carry or standard hang it off your belt vertically.Specs:

3/16 inch thick 1095 high carbon steel differentially heat treated.

Handle is nicely figured Koa wood scales on the knife's full tang.

Blade Length is 8 inches

Overall Length about 13.5 inches

Brown tooled leather sheath set up to carry either horizontally or vertically (shown).

Price is $215 shipped in the US

I take PayPay (my account is kelley_ward2@agilent.com), major credit cards over the phone (707-479-2530), money orders and checks.
Thanks,
Kelley Ward
Hard Edge Knives
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its not really a tracker type without the quarter round and everything else, its basically a bowie type knife or large chopper. don't get me wrong its a very nice knife and id love to own one. what you did is like saying I really like a Ferrari but just don't want the engine or the body ill just keep the interior LOL.
 
Hello All and thanks for the compliments on my work. I do have to agree with Killinumsoftly this is definitely not a TOPs Tom Brown Tracker but it is a large bushcraft knife that was inspired by same and I like to think of it as a Hard Edge Tracker. :)
 
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