not2sharp
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The exciting feature The Hunted will be out theaters within weeks. Staring Tommy Lee Jones, Benico Del Toro, the film is bound to be alot of fun. Especially when it co-stars the Tops version of the Beck Tracker knife. As much as I liked the knife, I was never too keen on having a sawback mounted on the forward top of the blade.
Recently, I exchanges a few notes with Bill Siegle on the Tracker Knife and pursuaded him to make me a slightly modified version of the knife. The knife shown above was the result. The knife clearly give flatters the good design developed by Tom Brown, Beck and Tops. However, we did make a number of changes.
In place of the sawback Bill's knife sports a sharpened clip point, backed by a solid hammering ridge which can be used to either drive the edge or pound stakes. The change also aligns the point with the handle, which for me at least makes the point easier to use. We retained most of the original blade shape but widened the ricasso to provide a more pronounced guard. Then we changed the handle configuration to make it almost as comfortable to use with the edge up as it is with the edge down.
Like most of Bill Siegle's knives this one is made from 5160 high carbon steel coated in Teflon and handled in G10. Bill also made the sturdy Khydex sheath with Tek-lok which fits the knife like a glove. The combination weighs in at a respectible 26oz.
I was impressed by Bill's knife. It posseses that elusive quality which simply makes it feel good in hand. At least for me its a good fit.
Bill's web page:
http://www.geocities.com/siegleknives/
See more examples of Bill Siegle's work here
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