Thanks. Hopefully I can get some video of using it AND not cutting myself with it. So many uses to explore.

Been waiting to mess with it for years. Probably be a few months and I should do a review of it.

The T3 is the one I original wanted. But decided for actual use to get the T1. I kind of want a mini T4 to mess with as a tinker toy/knife. But really dont want to spend over $100.00 on one. How do you like the T3? The size and blade steel kind of made me want to get one. Lol I guess the T2 is only one I am not interested in… I have heard they throw well.

@@CAVCOP ,… I got the T1 first because I wanted a heavy indestructible Chopper. It seems to be just that. I wanted to try the T3 someday, on a whim, Just to see what I thought of it, Because it’s almost as big as the T1. { The T1 is 1095 Carbon steel and the T3 is 154CM (slightly higher end 440C stainless steel). } I figured I’d practice throwing it as well as bushcraft/ camping on wet days because it’s stainless. I’m pleasantly surprised! It’s a really good knife. “So Far” It’s a little lighter and more comfortable to carry with my other gear, it throws pretty good, I don’t have to clean & oil it as soon as I get home from using it in the woods. It’s not as good of a chopper but it’s a close second, I think it’s a better slicer & thrower though. I like them both. I have minimal interest in the tiny T4 and ZERO interest in the T2. I think I got the best of both worlds and both steels with the T1 & T3 Trackers. (As far as the Tops Brand goes) 👍🏻. Congratulations on Your New Tracker.

Yes, in the video it was new. On my ESEE and TOPS knives I have not had the coating come off that easily with basic use. A few different tools is what most people would want if carrying a backpack full of equipment that weighs a bit. But if going minimalist with say a haversack, a tool like the tracker can get most trapping/survival tasks done (granted you need the skills, time, and energy). When I was in the military and would stay in the field, a tool/knife like this would have been handy for its size vs an e-tool, fixed blade, and other equipment used to construct shelters and booby traps.

There is a little over 12 feet, going between the clips, and about 2 feet in the lanyard.

Cost and intended use a huge factor. I think the #2 and more so #4 Tracker are useless based on the overall design. I would never imagine using a knife like the tracker in an urban or desert environment. But spending weeks to months in wooded areas with the rucksacks we carried, a one tool option could be neat, more so when you dump your gear and go away from your base camp. Definitely not for everyone and more for an animal trapper or woodsman use. Condor/Imacasa makes some great stuff and sadly I don’t own any of their blades (great machetes), but in Central/South America they serve people well. Probably my most carried knife in the Infantry and as a Scout was an Air Force survival knife 499, that I even carried in Iraq over larger cooler looking combat knives. I do look forward to putting the Tracker to some use.

Time Brown had a few companies make the Tracker, before TOPS. Today it’s a highly copied tool, that not a lot of people understand its use for trapping and as a multi tool. I do think TOPS made the best version for utility over the original design. Tom Brown has an interesting history. He probably did steal the design from the guys father.

@@CAVCOP TOPS heat treatment for 1095 is really good, I am just not fond of the steep angle of the grind. I own a T2 (convexed) and it's great. The best Tracker maker right now IMHO is Origin Knives out of the UK.

@@bushcraftcostarica808 I will have to check them out. I like the tip of the TOPS and Wire breaker/bender that I think most copies don’t have. I have a TOPS #1 and #4. I originally wanted the #3 as I felt the #1 might be too large. Got the #4 to mess with. Wish the lanyard hole on the #4 I have was bigger.

Wow, Tops Knives would not sharpen it? Mine came sharp, as has all my Tops Knives. Sorry to hear about that. I stayed away from knockoffs for that reason.

@@CAVCOP mine is the real thing it was just disappointing that it wasnt as sharp as it should have been

@@robertleach230 I am surprised they would not sharpen it. I hope to get mine out to the field and test it this fall and winter. I might try to sharpen it on my workshop belt system if I can, but plan is once dulled to have the factory resharpen it. The quarter round is something I have not messed with before and it has an odd transition on the blade and angle.

I find that hard to believe. Anytime I've called them they just inform me on how much to send for return shipping and I send it in. No questions asked. You must've had a breakdown in communication somewhere.

@@roostershooter76 I don't known what too tell you