Sld1959
Ronin
A while back a friend and I took a horse ride around the fences of a hunt club he belongs to and does maintenance on. We spent the night in a nice well equipped blind about halfway through and spent the night around the camp fire sipping and jawing. One of the topics was his interest in the movie The Hunted and the real star, the Tom Brown Tracker knife. He asked what I thought and other than being acquainted with it I had little practical knowledge. So he challenged me to make one.
After a lot of study and reading of the design and specs here is my version. It's close, minus the serrated or saw back section on the spine. I dislike saw backs, they can weaken a blade, and serrations on a knife which may be used for food prep simply add places for bacteria to grow. Also I added my special hollow pins to allow for the blade to be lashed to a pole, something I have done occasionally for many years, side note I happen to see it on knives like some Tops blades the past few years too.
The blade is forged and yes I left some hammer marks in it like he wanted. I am going to spend a couple days seeing how mine fulfilled the design specs. Here is a link for anyone interested, it's a pdf.
Here is the finished blade, the last knife I am doing all by hand. From now on its bench grinders and belt sanders in stead of files and sanding blocks. The top is the first hand forged one I actually made and kept instead of scrapping or giving away.
After a lot of study and reading of the design and specs here is my version. It's close, minus the serrated or saw back section on the spine. I dislike saw backs, they can weaken a blade, and serrations on a knife which may be used for food prep simply add places for bacteria to grow. Also I added my special hollow pins to allow for the blade to be lashed to a pole, something I have done occasionally for many years, side note I happen to see it on knives like some Tops blades the past few years too.
The blade is forged and yes I left some hammer marks in it like he wanted. I am going to spend a couple days seeing how mine fulfilled the design specs. Here is a link for anyone interested, it's a pdf.
Here is the finished blade, the last knife I am doing all by hand. From now on its bench grinders and belt sanders in stead of files and sanding blocks. The top is the first hand forged one I actually made and kept instead of scrapping or giving away.