Lets Talk Muskrats!

Dr-Mabuse · Apr 21, 2016

A TV muskie has been on my list for a while but I'll be darned if Mr. Russell doesn't know how to make a nice knife. That is a real beauty!

xbxb · Apr 21, 2016

waynorth said:
Schrade Walden Hawbaker

Now that's a Muskrat. If I could ever own just 1 knife it would be a Schrade Walden Hawbaker. I have to leave the room I'm starting to shake.

deltaboy · Apr 21, 2016

Great Thread I never own one but I used my late Great uncle's cleaning fish in the 1970's.

edbeau · May 30, 2016

I picked this Camillus Yello-Jaket off the bay. I know where it is made but the fit and finish is very good and the box is great.

Old Hunter · May 30, 2016

Stumbled across this Northwoods Square-Back Muskrat (Hawbaker style) after another forum member pointed me to a distributor with one left in stock. Glad he did, had been looking for an EDC, not a collector model. The muskrat patterns great feature, regardless of blade combination, is in offering the lowest nesting blades you can find in a 4" pocketknife. OH

5K Qs · May 30, 2016

Very nice, Ed! I got one of those a month or two ago as a close-out deal at one of the national home-improvement chains, except mine was the Black Jacket model:

- GT

edbeau · May 30, 2016

5K Qs, The black one looks good.

5K Qs · May 31, 2016

edbeau said:
5K Qs, The black one looks good.

Thanks, Ed. I like the yellow one, too, although I prefer the shadow pattern look of my Blac-Jaket to the bolstered style of your Yello-Jaket (which I think is older than my model). In fact, I went to the store having seen an ad for the Yello-Jaket, but couldn't find one. So I finally grabbed the black one, even though the discount on it wasn't as large as that advertised for the yellow version. But at the checkout register, it "rang up" as a Yello-Jaket for the advertised close-out price.

One little styling feature that fascinates me for some unknown reason is the "branding" etch on the spine:

- GT

Rookie82 · May 31, 2016

The only muskrats I own (other than the pesky ones out in the pond that I can't seem to hit with the rifle.) Both are Tuna Valley, one in buffalo horn, the other in mammoth ivory.

edbeau · May 31, 2016

5K Qs, I also thought it was odd that the blades are not marked Camillus or country of origin. The spine etch is interesting.