He said that he, as a knifemaker, might be able to design something that would accomplish many, if not all, of the needs Brown mentioned in his books. “My father got in contact with Brown in 1981 in a letter, and said that he had been reading Brown’s books, and saw the need for a new type of knife. Robb’s son recounted his father’s story like this. Robb read a lot of Tom Brown’s books and knew of his desire to have a knife that performed all of the needs for wilderness survival. He was a knife maker only as a hobby and gave most of his knives away as gifts. The other story comes from a name that wouldn’t be recognized by anyone. Unfortunately, having to give up our trademark rights due to the period of time our knives were not being produced, we were forced to change the name to avoid costly trademark right disputes from new competition.” Did I say there are two sides to every story? My mistake. After a brief retirement & the release of the 2003 Paramount Pictures film “The HUNTED” in which our Model “C” TRACKER knife was used & displayed, we resumed making our original TRACKER knife patterns due to rekindled customer interest. They state, “Our knives were formerly known as the original “TRACKER” knives from the registered trademark, which we were the first to own & stamp on our blades during the ’90’s. They claim that David Beck was the designer and maker of the original TRACKER knife. His company produces a knife exactly like the Tom Brown Tracker only they call it the WSK (Wilderness Survival Knife). This name should also be familiar to anyone interested in knives. Side two of the story starts with Dave Beck. They claim to be the only producer of the true Tracker knife today. This caused Tom Brown to seek out Chip McConnel and finally Mike Fuller with TOPS USA to manufacture the knife.
#The hunted knife movie#
The tracker knife was highlighted in that movie and suddenly became quite popular again. When Ed died a man named Ed Beck began producing it and when he retired the knife went out of production until after the movie “The Hunted” was produced in 2001. A short time later he did invent it and had a man named Ed Lombi produce it. Many years ago the story is told that when asked by a reporter what tool he would use for survival if he only had one, Tom Brown stated that the tool had not yet been invented. You may have heard his name, as he is a very successful survivalist. The first story starts with a man named Tom Brown. There are two sides to every story and this one is no exception. The “Tracker” style of knife is quite interestingly designed and has a controversial history. The first thing I did was a little research.
I was sent this pretty, Genuine Crafters, blade so that I could do a review on it.
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