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EmsRescueGuy

EmsRescueGuy

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I keep reading the term WSK on this Forum, and had assumed it stood for Wilderness Survival Knife, which could be used to describe any number of patterns or designs.

I have seen it used as of late to describe blades that all seem to look like the Tom Brown Tracker.

So my question is What exacly makes a knife a WSK and if it is the tracker type patten who originated it? is the tracker the origional or a copy itself? I have read mixed things about other makers knives like the Red Scorpion.

Any clerification would be apreciated.
 
I don't recall ever seeing a blade like the Tracker until Tom Brown came up with it, but others here have been playing with and looking at knives longer then me. Kind of interested in knowing that myself, but I think the Tracker is a original design.

Tom Browns Tracker is his version of a WSK, the next guys could be a mora style, and the next a bowie, or folder and so on.

Hope it helped
Helle
 
Helle said:
I don't recall ever seeing a blade like the Tracker until Tom Brown came up with it, but others here have been playing with and looking at knives longer then me. Kind of interested in knowing that myself, but I think the Tracker is a original design.

Tom Browns Tracker is his version of a WSK, the next guys could be a mora style, and the next a bowie, or folder and so on.

Hope it helped
Helle
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i thought dave beck designed the knife. tom brown asked for a 'do all' knife and beck came up with the tracker.
 
Helle said:
I don't know if this is it but here go's

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=372252&highlight=Brown+Tracker

Looks like a big can of worms to me.

Found another
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=405793&highlight=Dave+Beck

Helle
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yes, there were quite a few worms in those cans. i had forgotten how sticky a subject it is. there was some conflict between beck and brown, that ended in brown going to tops, and beck renaming his, i believe.

i read the whole story, i thought here, maybe through a link.
 
I'm putting my shovel away for the night on this, but it appears Beck is the original designer, to me.

Helle
 
Wow Can Opened.

Thanks for the help, I guess it was beck who designed it, His sure looks nicer than the topps Version.

I was curious because i was reading a thread about a Red Scorpion version that sufferred some pretty bad blade damage during some chopping. anyway it looked like a knock off of the tracker and it got me interested in the origin of the beast.

Now I have to try to find that Lingen versin mentioned in the other thread to see what it looks like.
 
EmsRescueGuy said:
Wow Can Opened.

Thanks for the help, I guess it was beck who designed it, His sure looks nicer than the topps Version.

I was curious because i was reading a thread about a Red Scorpion version that sufferred some pretty bad blade damage during some chopping. anyway it looked like a knock off of the tracker and it got me interested in the origin of the beast.

Now I have to try to find that Lingen versin mentioned in the other thread to see what it looks like.
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Can you point me to the Red Scorpion thread? It would figure that I just bought one. I bought it more for the novelty, however I will chop with it at some point.
 
Thanks for the link. My knife should be here tommorrow. I will certainly post feedback.
 
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