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Shooting & Reloading - Mausers, Big Bores and others >> Bowhunting + Bows, Spears & Knives

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yumastepside
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#391849 - 03/06/25 02:31 PM

I always wanted to make a Tom Brown Tracker style, but I never liked the sawtooth back on them...so here's my first attempt at knife making....

...I'm not a knife maker, this was purely for myself, after working out the shape, I laser cut the blank from an old crosscut saw blade, a mate ( who is a knifemaker ) ground and heat treated it and I finished it off and made the sheath.
The handle is Ironbark and the sheath is a small of the back type with a pocket for a ferro rod and diamond sharpener, etc.

Roger

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DarylS
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Re: Tracker [Re: yumastepside]
#391852 - 03/06/25 07:15 PM

Pretty neat sheath-system. Note of caution always watch carefully when drawing and reinserting that blade. LOL
Cool design, Roger. Wouldn't work on a moose very well, the step would be getting caught. Yes I know, not many moose on or in Tasmania.

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Daryl

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yumastepside
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Re: Tracker [Re: DarylS]
#391854 - 04/06/25 07:48 AM

Yes Daryl, not really a a skinning type of knife....I made it on a whim really, always wanted to make one of these....its more for chopping with the rear section of blade for batonning kindling and that sort of thing. As much as I hate the term, its what would be classified as a " survival " knife. I'm more interested in making the other blank that I cut...a Nessmuk style skinner I'll fit up with walnut handles to match a stock I'm making...

Roger

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DarylS
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Re: Tracker [Re: yumastepside]
#391855 - 04/06/25 07:09 PM

Now it makes sense, more of a utility knife. I didn't realize the actual size.
It's a big-un.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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93x64mm
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Re: Tracker [Re: DarylS]
#391856 - 05/06/25 06:48 AM

Nice work Yuma!

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Rule303
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Re: Tracker [Re: yumastepside]
#391857 - 05/06/25 11:34 AM

Nice work. I like the use of ironbark for the handle.

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