Attn: Sal Glesser and Will Fennel

Chortle. It'd almost be worth it to see the look on any grabber CA politicritter when they realize it's legal to conceal...but there's a very good reason why not.

See, the whole deal is to have both combat grip types available at once. That means a handle of between 4" and 5", which gives blade lengths right in the 4" range. Maybe a *bit* over, 4.5" or so - but that'd mean retooling blades and crossing the 4" limit common in many states. Ain't worth it.

Run the blade length up, the grip gets longer, you have to *pick* between forward and reverse grip and the whole thing's insane.

Jim March
 
Just an idea, but couldn't one blade of your muskrat be a chisel grind?? Then one blade would be able to lay flat against the other blade. Just wondering.
Blades
 
Sorry Blades, chisel grinds wouldn't have any effect.

Some history: the most successful Muskrat to date was the Case "Texas Lockhorn"; the design was later sold to Parker and available through their retail stores with the name "Parker/Imai" on them. I owned several Parker/Imais and carried them daily for years; the Parker variants actually had smoother locks than the old Case TL.

Specs: Dual 3.45" slender clip points in an "inline" double lockback configuration. Lock releases were back-to-back centered and both blades fit into the same groove for a slender profile; they did it by using a continious distal taper and "offsetting" the tip directions on closing. It worked OK, but tip strength was barely above filet-knife levels.

Spyderco's answer on the Dyad series (two seperate blade channels, even at the expense of wider overall) is proper, and allows whatever blade pattern you want.

(Sidenote: when I posted my "reverse grip folder snapopen" some people seemed impressed...I learned that as part of a Muskrat drill on the Parker/Case series...remember, those babies predated the Spydie hole or related studs/disks/etc.)

Jim March
 
I guess I want something a little different than a 'Klingon special' - I see a knife with one drop or clip straight blade with a belly and one full serrated blade without a belly (I would call it a straight blade, but that's come to mean non-serrated). For the serrated blade I'd like a sheepsfoot or warncliff - seems like the sheepsfoot would be somewhat more practical. I would definately require one-handed opening/closing on each blade, but can't think of any occasion where I would have both open at the same time - unless, of course, I felt I should impress my friends even more than I have already.
I will, however, have to admit, Marcus, that I'd really like to see that double Vaquero, and I'd quite possibly get one just to have it around and bring out to scare children and Democrats.

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Or a Horticulture Special:

One talon/hook serrated blade, for pruning, or harvesting one's wild oats, and one left-side chisel ground blade (not necessarily a geo-tanto) for grafting.

When they've beaten all the swords into plowshares, you'll want one of these to tend your vinyard. In the interim, I suppose one could do a fair amount of willful damage with one, God forbid.


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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com

 
Stop the presses, the ultimate Muskrat has been located.

http://www.arizonacustomknives.com/azckcdak.htm

One LITTLE problem.

Four thousand nine hundred USofA-hole dollars.

HALP!

Near-FATAL STICKER SHOCK!

But DAMN is it a fine example of the concept...

Jim March
 
For a double-ended knife, with NO moving parts, and less sticker shock, how about an eight inch ulu?

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Maybe this would qualify as a non-stabbing weapon, and thus not a dirk or dagger under Section 12020 of the CA Penal Code.
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com

 
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