wsk knives

I like mine and have beat the hell out of it. I am very pleased with it I paid $245. Although I think he will price fix after March to a price more like TOPS. A lot of people have bought them and all the feedback has been positive. I am buying another for collecting purposes. I think this RS6 has a winner. I talked with him and seems like good dude. Not building anymore after the 1000 mark could become pretty coveted piece. Saw back is much like the BECK of Linger. Cuts great. Holds an edge.
A+ Rating. It is worth having In my humble opinion.
 
The Timber Pig I found online was reviewed by our very own Phil Elmore. I would have thought he could separate a poser knife from one that works
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When I evaluate a piece of hardware I am not concerned with whether it fits someone's definition of "cool" or "in" or otherwise worthy. Thus the question of whether it is a "poser knife" is quite irrelevant to its function. The knife did what I asked of it; it had a very fine tip, it cut well, it cleaned up easily after I intentionally let it rust, and it has a crappy useless blade cover posing as a sheath. That's pretty matter of fact, regardless of whether it looks like the Tracker.
 
ishiyumisan said:
To be or not to be?
You can buy the Tops for 200-220 $ in ebay.
Come on,L.T the money difference is not that much.
The Tops is good knife lots better than Paratraxx:
The Paratraxx is shit and for kids under 10 years old:D
Finally if your love to have the good one..?
Mr xxxxxxx can help you.
Consideration for money and time.
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I have never heard anything good about the Tops, except maybe the quality, but quality of construction or materials has nothing to do with whether it will work for the job at hand... Which I have heard the the original IS(even if sub optimal)...
From what I have heard, the Tops, while having the silhouette of the WSK, does not have much resemblance to the profile of the WSK...
And profile is what make or breaks a knifes usability...
It is like the cheaper Cold Steel Khukuris... They are just khukuri shaped machetes, not khukuris...
 
In my opinion, the RS6 is just a really BAD copy of the Beck WSK. Not only does it not offer anything original, but it is made from terrible grade steel, the geometry is awful, the saw teeth (or lack there of) need to actually be sharpened and the weight distribution is poor. Having said that, the TOPS version is NOT much better except for the steel grade. If you like this style of knife you should consider letting someone make you a custom that will address ALL of these concerns and then some. ( I know someone who can do it, he did it for me and I am really pleased) Sorry to be blunt but I hate to see money wasted...on the other hand, if you really like the knife then I hope you get alot of use out of it and enjoy it! If you would like to see a pic of mine just respond to this message.

Respectfully,
Jeff
 
L.T said:
is the warthog a knife that could be thrown or is it not meant like that. I know someone reading this is going to say well you can throw any knife, but im serious...
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L.T, how are you planning on using your knife? If you plan on throwing your one and only survival knife while out in the field, who knows where it could end up--off a cliff, down a ravine, lost in foliage? :confused:

Generally speaking, throwing knives not only are designed, and balanced differently from regular knives, they're also heat treated differently. This allows them to flex more on impact compared to regular knives which are heat treated to maximize the edge of the blade.
 
I would like to see this design made of L6 or other shock steels. It would hold a great edge and be darn tough at the same time and I bet your ass you could throw it (if need be) without tip damage. I owned the TOPS tracker and got rid of it the next day, it felt dead in my hands. I'm sure I would not say the same thing about Beck's. While the Predator's blade stays true to WSk, the handle doesn't drop down like it does on the Beck's version, that's what I don't like about it. Not impressed with stainless either.
 
greens,
I know a guy who can custom make both these designs and his own designs from L6. I wish I had the pics at the moment to show you some of his work, but maybe in a couple of days. The work he did for me included customizing a TOPS Tracker...total re-grind, steel reduction to proper balance, polished micarta scales and more weight reduction, CONVEX edge, gun blued etc....the pics will tell the tale. Anyway, it's now a really good tool.

-Jeff
 
Jeff...please slap some pics up when you get them ready. I am very interested in seeing what this gentleman did. -Damion
 
Protactical said:
The scenes in the movie where they threw this thing were pure fantasy. I'm not to sure how practical any knife throwing is, but this knife was not designed for that purpose, and the scenes of it penetrating a sapling are BS. The Tracker knife, while I wouldn't want to get into a fight against it, is not a combat/fighting/killing knife. If you want to see what kind of knives are, run the DVD section on knife fighting and look at the aluminum long bladed, double edged, pratice knives the experts there were using.

The fight sequences throughout the Hunted including the guys with guns in the woods, etc... are as bad for realism as I have ever seen. The Tracker knife is basically a fantasy knife, like the lord of the rings swords, unless one approaches it purely as a survival piece, in which case all the things you aren't asking about mater more than the ones you are asking about.

I'm not being disrespectful. Many people buy knives simply because they saw anyone from Nessmuk, to a movie star using one. For 60 buck the Paratraxx is a great deal for that purpose. I'd be surprised if it turned out to be the real mccoy, but it isn't completely impossible.

The Timber Pig I found online was reviewed by our very own Phil Elmore. I would have thought he could separate a poser knife from one that works, though his article doesn't mention much about edge retention etc... It is clear from the article, however, that the TP was designed with quite different ideas than the Tracker. Actualy it might be a little closer to the role the Tracker played in the movie, since the designer mentions pig sticking. The designer doesn't understand the Tracker knife and for instances calls the draw knife area the hatchet part, and therefore left the actual hatchet part off the knife. On the other hand if the 1095 is properly heat treated there isn't any reason why the edge shouldn't perform fine.
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Sometime later tonight or tommorow I will post pictures of my WSK which at 12 1/2 inches and a 1/2 inch thick :eek: ( custom made and heavy ) will quite literally leave a big gaping hole in a sapling just as in the movie. This is a knife that is not thrown like a knife but rather more like an axe. I have the added bonus that if I ever did throw this at a human body and it did not happen to go point first the wieght alone would do serious damage.
 
visionsect,
Yeah, as soon as he shoots me an email with mine and some of his others, I'll get them up for you to view. Maybe a couple of days or so. Thanks.

-Jeff
 
lotus1972 said:
Sometime later tonight or tommorow I will post pictures of my WSK which at 12 1/2 inches and a 1/2 inch thick :eek: ( custom made and heavy ) will quite literally leave a big gaping hole in a sapling just as in the movie. This is a knife that is not thrown like a knife but rather more like an axe. I have the added bonus that if I ever did throw this at a human body and it did not happen to go point first the wieght alone would do serious damage.
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12 1/2 inches long almost 3 pounds of 1095 at 1/2 inch thick
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L.T said:
I have been trying to find a knife or one with the same design as the tracker. The tracker is to much. My limit is up to 120 dollars. That design is great. If anyone could give possible suggestions i would be pleased.
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May I suggest looking at the Martindale line of knives? I have a few and have used the Jungle Knife extensively (even in the jungle!). They are affordable, functional, very strong and easy to sharpen in the field since they come with a file.

http://www.cutsforthknives.com/catalog-list.cfm?start=1&storeid=1

I am also a fan of the HI kukris.
 
Guys..thanks for the knife pics. I would love to hold that sucker and see what it is capable of. I have a strange fascination with this style of blade. It is not due to the movie, nor because of the connection to Tom Brown Jr. I just like the knife style (I know there are quite a few who hate it). Thanks again for posting the pictures. -Damion
 
I see a lot of negatives about the paratraxx, etc.

just curious how many people have actually owned one?
and
how many people would be singing it praises if the price on it was 400.
 
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