WSK Knife ?

pitdog

pitdog

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Hey Mark have ya ever thought about making a version of the WSK Knife ?

I know the saw back versions take a ribbing on the forums but a more basic version such as what Scott Gossman made are better accepted.

I found this pic of a rustic but cool looking version and thought it would be more along the lines of one that would suit your style. I tried to find a pic of the one they made in the film ' The Hunted ' but came up blank.

I can picture one you have pounded out on the anvil finished with an epoxied cord wrap like you did on the cleaver !

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By pitdog2010 at 2010-12-12
 
I've had a few beers so this sketch will probably look really bad in the morning but I was thinking of keeping the lines a little more simple like this...

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By pitdog2010 at 2010-12-13

Maybe make the blade a little larger in comparison with the handle, what do ya think ?
 
pitdog said:
I tried to find a pic of the one they made in the film ' The Hunted ' but came up blank.
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sorry, not going to sit thru it to do frame grabs right now, but i could do that and host them somewhere.
 
fixer said:
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sorry, not going to sit thru it to do frame grabs right now, but i could do that and host them somewhere.
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I'm so sad I went through it frame by frame today and the one he made was only single edged and quite boring !!!!:(
 
When you say "the one they made in the film" are you referring to the knife he magically forged out in the woods at the end, or the Beck WSK that he had at the beginning? If it's the latter, I can give you every angle in the world that you could want, just lemme know. :)

Actually, Peter Jensen's EVO was one of the most interesting iterations of this pattern I ever saw, having a much more gradual transition from the rear edge to the front edge. Shame Peter turned out to be a crook.
 
t1mpani said:
When you say "the one they made in the film" are you referring to the knife he magically forged out in the woods at the end, or the Beck WSK that he had at the beginning? If it's the latter, I can give you every angle in the world that you could want, just lemme know. :)

Actually, Peter Jensen's EVO was one of the most interesting iterations of this pattern I ever saw, having a much more gradual transition from the rear edge to the front edge. Shame Peter turned out to be a crook.
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The one he forged !
 
they show the sketches and a few decent shots while he's forging it, but IIRC they never show a clean profile shot of either.

always seemed like a really silly shape to be forging under primitive conditions with rtime constraints (knowing soeone else is after you)
 
Yes, if he'd spent those two hours actually getting away he probably would have done better.
 
I had a TOPS Tracker. The only complaint I had was the blade position. It needs to be angled more so the "hatchet" edge does the chopping and not the gut hook.
 
It has several problems. The original Beck version is superior in balance and geometry but still has the exact problem you describe. Really, Dan Koster's WSK is the only one that has really addressed that issue, completely changing the "sweet spot" and making it much more of a chopper--the knife got a good deal bigger, too.
 
I hate rectangular handles--comfort and simplicity can go hand-in-hand in my opinion, so I just don't see the need to oversimplify to the point of losing comfort. Other than that the blade is interesting and looks like a featherstick-making machine
 
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