Question re: Muskrats vs. Trappers

[Zip7]

Long spey is for poking hot greasy things in the frying pan... like bacon. Thus the extra length. Try it with the spey on a stockman sometime and you will see the light.

 

[rzwieg]

No, no, the long spey is at it's best for getting the last of the peanut butter out of the jar! Heheh, I learned that here.

I stand corrected .

 

[Bob W]

So from what I can tell there is no advantage of a Muskrat to a Trapper.

The muscrat pattern usually has two blades that are the exact same. The idea being that when one blade became dull, you simply switch the knife around and keep working.

Oll of my Trapper knives have the "trapper" handle shape and either one or two blades, but never two identical blades. And the two-blade models hinge at the same end.

One of the more interesting trapper knives is the Schrade 97OT that has a saw for a second blade, and a steel pick and tweezers built into the handle.

-Bob

 

[rzwieg]

I've seen some that had a clip at one end and a long spey at the opposite. L.L. Bean, I think. I have a 970T. Good idea but the saw dulled on willow and ash sapplings (my 15 year old SAK saws don't dull at all!) The tweezers is very good on mine.

 

[lambertiana]

I've seen some that had a clip at one end and a long spey at the opposite. L.L. Bean, I think. I have a 970T. Good idea but the saw dulled on willow and ash sapplings (my 15 year old SAK saws don't dull at all!) The tweezers is very good on mine.

Queen makes the model with a clip/spey combination in the muskrat pattern, they call it the muskrat special.