>>674620>>674630I did say the TBT is basically #YOLO in knife form. As in "fuck it, i'll just have this knife for everything".
And I brought it up to illustrate a point (perhaps I didn't stress that enough):
Most of the time, the knife you end up using in any given situation, is your edc knife. The tracker does not qualify as an edc knife. It was made to be a "1-knife option", and to a certain extent - it can be. You can see on that picture, the primary edge is actually just over 4'' and cuts pretty well.
But If I could only have one knife, it would certainly NOT be the tracker (or any large knife for that matter).
For a "1 knife option" you actually want something that's handy enough to be an edc knife, and sturdy enough to be a bushcraft knife. THAT was the point I was trying to make.
If you can have 2 knives, your options open up A LOT.
As for the tbt - like I said - it represents much of the 1990s "survivalist" trends - big, clunky, 1/4'' thick.
And there is another lesson here. Much like those infamous "survival" knives (excuse the obscenity I just posted) that cropped up in the wake of Rambo movies, some people put too much faith in the tool, rather than skill. Which is where a lot of the hype for the tracker came from.
To be fair, Dustin did use a WSK on Alone (whatever you might have to say about that show), and it did well enough. Then again - the guy that came in 2nd had a very small knife, so it didn't really matter that much (and all of them brought axes).
