Muskrat Manor

[black mamba]

Corey, this one of mine in Grizzly Cut bone is on the #66 serpentine frame at just over 3-1/2" closed. They call it the Mink.

I have one of the larger Cuban Muskrats also.

 

[ranchmanben]

Wouldn't "Muskrat Love" have been a better thread name?

 

[comoha]

I guess it is on a serpentine frame Jeff! How did I ever miss the GEC Mink? Great, now I have another muskrat I have to own.

Ben, the Case Bose muskrat is one of the nicest examples of this classic workhorse. Congrats on owning that one!

 

[wagglebee]

Wouldn't "Muskrat Love" have been a better thread name?

NO! That might make some people dislike a great knife pattern!

 

[ranchmanben]

Thanks Corey, came in this morning. It's so pretty I almost hate to use it...almost.

 

[comoha]

A grail knife for me, a least for muskrats...the Remington R4593.

 

[comoha]

Muskrat fever continues...
Moore Maker 'rat in jigged yellar bone and 1095.

 

[comoha]

P.J. Tomes custom 'rat in stag and 52100. A dream....

 

[timgreene48]

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting, but I didn't see any case hawbakers and thought I would add one. Thanks Tim

 

[wagglebee]

P.J. Tomes custom 'rat in stag and 52100. A dream....

Corey, I love the way this looks. Do you have any more pictures of it?

 

[knarfeng]

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting, but I didn't see any case hawbakers and thought I would add one. Thanks Tim

Welcome to BladeForums, Tim!

You can post pictures by uploading to a hosting site, such as photobucket, then linking to them using the picture tool (looks sorta like a picture on the tool bar) or posting the IMG code.

 

[chuko]

These are from the NKCA sale of prototypes. A Schrade with a wharncliffe and a Carl Schlieper

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[chuko]

Here is a group of smaller muskrats with clip and wharncliffe blades. These were produced by A.G. Russell a few years back. These are 3 3/8" closed. From the top, cocobolo, smooth white bone, stag, black pearl with abalone, and bottom is jigged bone with engraved bolsters. Bottom one was part of the Knife Collector Club and is stamped K.C.C. CM-18. I included a couple of additional photos of that one. Charles

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[thatotherguy]

Aren't the ones with wharncliffe secondary blades called Hawthorne Specials? Correct me if I'm wrong...
Actually, now that I think about it, the Hawthornes have spey secondaries, don't they?

 

[Boggs]

That would be Hawbaker Muskrat when there's a wharncliffe secondary...and the name would be used when the Hawbaker family has given it's permission to have the last name used otherwise it would be called an Improved Muskrat

 

[knarfeng]

"Improved Muskrat" is the term I have seen used for a muskrat with one Wharncliffe blade.

 

[chuko]

My only custom Muskrat, a CHAMBLIN with gold lip pearl, 3 1/4" closed. Still learning how to take photos, these shots don't do this knife justice.
Charles

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[chuko]

Here are a few pictures of an official HAWBAKER MUSKRAT special edition made by Queen in 2000. Charles

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[comoha]

Really nice 'rats, Charles!

 

[Peregrin]

If I recall correctly the Case/Bose Collaboration Muskrat was advertised as a "modified muskrat".

Needless to say, it is one of my favorite knives. The blades on this knife are just perfect in every way.